Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke DSO, VC, RN
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Retired: 4 Mar 1954 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Wakeful (i) (H 88) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 31 Jul 1939 | 18 Dec 1939 |
| HMS Cossack (F 03) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 31 Dec 1939 | 18 Jan 1940 |
| HMS Afridi (F 07) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 18 Jan 1940 | Mar 1940 |
| HMS Cossack (F 03) | Cdr. | Destroyer | Mar 1940 | 13 Apr 1940 |
| HMS Matabele (F 26) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 23 Jun 1940 | 15 Apr 1941 |
| HMS Onslow (G 17) | Capt. | Destroyer | 28 Nov 1942 | 3 Jun 1943 |
| HMS Aurora (12) | Capt. | Light cruiser | Jul 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
Career information
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Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMS Matabele (F 26)
24 Oct 1940
HMS Somali (Capt. C. Caslon, RN) HMS Punjabi (Cdr. J.T. Lean, DSO, RN) and HMS Matabele (Cdr. R.St.V. Sherbrooke, DSO, RN) sink the German weather ship WBS 5 / Adolf Vinnen (391 BRT) some 25 miles north-west of Stadlandet, Norway.
This sinking is often credited to the British submarine HMS Seawolf but this is not correct.
Destroyer HMS Onslow (G 17)
31 Dec 1942
As part of the escort of convoy JW51B bound to Murmank, she was involved in the action when the convoy was attacked by the German heavy cruiser Hipper in the Barents Sea. Onslow was badly damaged, with a high toll in dead and wounded. Among the wounded was her CO, Captain Sherbrooke, who lost an eye in the battle and suffered other injuries, and was awarded the Victoria Cross for the successful defence of the convoy, that suffered no losses of merchant ships.