Charles Donovan Smith RD, RNR
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Warship Commands listed for Charles Donovan Smith, RNR
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Godetia (ii) (K 226) | Lt. | Corvette | 6 Jan 1942 | 14 Mar 1942 |
| HMS Nasturtium (K 107) | Lt. | Corvette | 29 Mar 1942 | 15 Sep 1943 |
| HMS Fishguard (Y 59) | Lt. | Sloop | 1 Oct 1943 | 29 Jun 1945 |
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Corvette HMS Nasturtium (K 107)
8 Aug 1942
HMS Nasturtium (Lt. C.D. Smith, DSC, RNR) picks up 14 survivors from the British merchant Anneberg that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-379 in the North Atlantic in position 56º30'N, 32º14'W.
10 Aug 1942
HMS Nasturtium (Lt. C.D. Smith, DSC, RNR) picks up 24 survivors from the British merchant Cape Race that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-660 south of Iceland in position 56º45'N, 22º50'W.
HMS Nasturtium and HMS Dianthus (Lt.Cdr. C.E. Bridgman, RNR) together pick up 65 survivors from the British merchant Empire Reindeer that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-660 south of Iceland in position 57º00'N, 22º30'W.
HMS Dianthus and HMS Nasturtium together pick up 40 survivors from the British merchant Oregon that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-660 south of Iceland in position 57º05'N, 22º41'W.
23 Sep 1942
HMS Nasturtium (Lt. C.D. Smith, DSC, RNR) picks up 7 survivors from the British tanker Athelsultan that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-617 in the North Atlantic southeast of Cape Farewell in position 58º42'N, 33º38'W.
Nasturtium also picks up 12 survivors from the British merchant Tennessee that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-617 in the North Atlantic southeast of Cape Farewell in position 58º40'N, 33º41'W.
Sloop HMS Fishguard (Y 59)
3 May 1944
Boarded U-852 after British aircraft fatally damaged her as she beached near Ras Mabber, off the Somali coast on 3 May 1944. British forces captured her crew.