Gerald Seymour Tuck DSO, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

30 Jul 1922S.Lt.
29 Feb 1924Lt.
29 Feb 1932Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1936Cdr.
31 Dec 1941Capt.


Retired: 20 Apr 1951

Decorations

13 Jun 1941DSO

Warship Commands listed for Gerald Seymour Tuck, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Illustrious (87)Cdr.Aircraft Carrier???12 Aug 1941
HMS Bellona (63)Capt.Light cruiserNov 19441 Jul 1946

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Light cruiser HMS Bellona (63)


12 Jan 1945
The British heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk (Capt. J.G.Y. Loveband, RN with Rear-Admiral R.R. McGrigor, CB, DSO, RN aboard) and the light cruiser HMS Bellona (Capt. C.F.W. Norris, DSO, RN) escorted by the destroyers HMS Onslow (Capt. H.W.S. Browning, OBE, RN), HMS Orwell (Lt.Cdr. J.R. Gower, DSC, RN) and HMS Onslaught (Cdr. the Hon. A. Pleydell-Bouverie, RN) attack a German convoy of Egersund, Norway. Two German merchants, the Bahia Camarones (8551 GRT) and the Charlotte (4404 GRT) and the minelayer M 273 were sunk.

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