Graham Henry Stokes DSC, RN
| Birth details unknown |
 | Ranks
Retired: 8 Sep 1954 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Graham Henry Stokes, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Mackay (D 70) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 25 Sep 1939 | ??? |
| HMS Matabele (F 26) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 1 May 1940 | 10 Jun 1940 |
| HMS Sikh (F 82) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 25 Oct 1940 | 3 Feb 1942 |
| HMS Colossus (15) | Capt. | Aircraft Carrier | 26 Jul 1944 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMS Sikh (F 82)
8 Dec 1940
The German submarine U-103 torpedoes and sinks the British passenger vessel Calabria east of Ireland in position 52º43'N, 18º07'W.
21 Survivors were later picked up by HMS Sikh (Cdr. G.H. Stokes, RN).
25 May 1941
The 4th Destroyer Flotilla comprising the British destroyers HMS Cossack (Capt. P.L. Vian, DSO, RN), HMS Maori (Cdr. H.T. Armstrong, DSO, RN), HMS Sikh (Cdr. G.H. Stokes, RN), HMS Zulu (Cdr. H.R. Graham, DSO, RN) and the Polish destroyer Piorun (Cdr. E. Plawski, Polish Navy) was escorting convoy WS-8B when they recieved an order to leave the convoy and take part in the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck.
13 Dec 1941
The Italian light cruisers Alberico da Barbiano and Alberto di Giussano were torpedoed and sunk off Cape Bon by the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Sikh (Cdr. G.H. Stokes, DSC, RN), HMS Maori (Cdr R.E. Courage, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN), HMS Legion (Cdr. R.F. Jessel, RN) and the Dutch destroyer HrMs Isaac Sweers (Cdr. J. Houtsmuller, RNethN) on a supply mission to Tripoli.