Claude Edward Lutley Sclater DSO, RN
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 | Ranks
Retired: 24 Jan 1955 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Claude Edward Lutley Sclater, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Wild Swan (D 62) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 22 Aug 1940 | 17 Jun 1942 |
| HMS Obdurate (G 39) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 21 Jul 1942 | 13 Feb 1945 |
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Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMS Wild Swan (D 62)
13 Sep 1940
During the night of 13/14 September 1940, the British destroyers HMS Malcolm (Capt. T.E. Halsey, DSO, RN), HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. C.E.L. Sclater, RN) and HMS Venomous (Lt.Cdr. J.E.H. McBeath, DSO, RN) bombard Boulogne in a sweep along the French coast.
9 Jan 1941
HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. C.E.L. Sclater, RN) picks up 56 survivors from the British merchant Bassano that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-105 north-west of Rockall in position 57º57'N, 17º42'W.
17 Jun 1942
Wild Swan was returning alone to Plymouth to refit when she was attacked and sunk by twelve German dive bombers, but not before six of the enemy aircraft had been shot down, a feat unsurpassed in a single ship action. (see Times obituary of Cmdr Claude Sclater dated 3 May 1986)
Destroyer HMS Obdurate (G 39)
25 Jan 1944
At 18.33 hours on 25 January 1944 while in position 73º28'N, 21º30'E, HMS Obdurate (Lt.Cdr. C.E.L. Sclater, DSO and Bar, RN) was hit and damaged by a Gnat-torpedo from the German submarine U-360 while escorting the convoy JW-56A to North Russia. The U-boat missed the damaged destroyer with a coup de grâce at 18.44 hours.