George Hay Stephen DSC, OBE, RCNR

Birth details unknown

Ranks

29 Nov 1942Lt.Cdr.

Decorations

13 Jun 1942DSC
29 May 1943OBE

Warship Commands listed for George Hay Stephen, RCNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMCS Mayflower (K 191)Corvette5 Sep 194012 May 1942
HMCS Columbia (I 49)Destroyer14 May 194217 Mar 1943
HMCS St. Laurent (H 83)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer13 Mar 194314 Apr 1944
HMCS Dunver (K 03)Lt.Cdr.Frigate10 Aug 194424 Aug 1944
HMCS St. Laurent (H 83)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer8 Apr 194510 Oct 1945

Career information

We currently have no career / biographical information on this officer.

Events related to this officer

Corvette HMCS Mayflower (K 191)


2 Oct 1941
HMCS Mayflower (A/Lt.Cdr. G.H. Stephen, RCNR) picks up 35 survivors from the British tanker San Florentino that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-94 in the North Atlantic in position 52º50'N, 34º40'W.

9 Feb 1942
HMCS Mayflower (A/Lt.Cdr. G.H. Stephen, RCNR) completed a refit at Charleston, South Carolina, USA.


Destroyer HMCS Columbia (I 49)


1 Feb 1943
HMCS Columbia (Lt.Cdr. G.H. Stephen, RCNR) started a refit at St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.

Photographs taken by
Charles James Sadler RCNVR, Stoker, Service NO. V-4963
HMCS Columbia / HMCS Avalon / HMCS Joliette


Destroyer HMCS St. Laurent (H 83)


10 Mar 1944
The German submarine U-845 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 48º20'N, 20º33'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Forester, the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent, the Canadian corvette HMCS Owen Sound and the Canadian frigate HMCS Swansea.

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