Hugh Robert White, RN
| Birth details unknown |
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Retired: 10 Oct 1949 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Hugh Robert White, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Deptford (L 53 / U 53) | Lt.Cdr. | Sloop | 3 May 1941 | 1944 ? |
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Events related to this officer
Sloop HMS Deptford (L 53 / U 53)
31 May 1941
HMS Deptford (Lt.Cdr H.R. White, RN) picks up 25 survivors from the British merchant Gravelines which had been torpedoed by U-147 north-west of Bloody Foreland in position 56º00'N, 11º13'W.
21 Sep 1941
The British merchant Runa is torpedoed and sunk north-north-east of the Azores in position 46º20'N, 22º23'W by the German submarine U-201. HMS Deptford (Lt.Cdr. H.R. White, RN) later picks up 9 survivors.
21 Dec 1941
The German submarine U-567 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 44º02'N, 20º10'W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Deptford (Lt.Cdr. H.R. White, RN) and the British corvette HMS Samphire (Lt.Cdr. F.T. Renny, DSC, RNR).