Drummond St. Clair-Ford, RN

Birth details unknown
Died  Dec 1942HMS Traveller


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Ranks

1 Jan 1929S.Lt.
1 Jan 1931Lt.
1 Jan 1939Lt.Cdr.

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Drummond St. Clair-Ford, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Sturgeon (N 73)Lt.Cdr.SubmarineNov 1940Sep 1941 ?
HMS Parthian (N 75)Lt.Cdr.SubmarineOct 19413 Dec 1942
HMS Traveller (N 48)Lt.Cdr.Submarine26 Nov 194212 Dec 1942

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Submarine HMS Sturgeon (N 73)


3 Nov 1940
HMS Sturgeon (Lt.Cdr. D. St Clair Ford, RN) torpedoed and sank the Danish merchant Sigrun (1337 GRT) about 10 nautical miles east-south-east of Larvik, Norway in position 59°01'N, 10°20'E.

6 Nov 1940
HMS Sturgeon (Lt.Cdr. D. St Clair Ford, RN) torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant Delfinus (1294 GRT, offsite link) west of Varhaug, J?ren, Norway in position 58°34'N, 05°37'E.


Submarine HMS Parthian (N 75)


16 Nov 1942
At 1048 hours HMS Parthian (Lt. M.B. St. John, RN) fires four torpedoes against a convoy made up of the small Italian tanker Labor (510 GRT), the German merchant Menes (5609 GRT) escorted by the Italian torpedo boats Calliope and Climene north-east of Isola Marettimo, Italy in position 38°03'N, 11°51'E. All torpedoes fired missed their target(s).


Submarine HMS Traveller (N 48)


28 Nov 1942
HMS Traveller (Lt.Cdr. D. St.Clair-Ford, RN) departed Malta for her 5th war patrol. She is to carry out a reconnaissance of Taranto in connection with Operation Principal (projected attacks by human torpedoes on Italian ports). She was not heard from again.

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