Joseph John Youngs DSC, OBE, RD, RNR

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Ranks

13 Aug 1928S.Lt.
13 Aug 1930Lt.
13 Aug 1938Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1942Cdr.
???A/Capt.
31 Dec 1947Capt.

Decorations

16 May 1941OBE
7 Oct 1941Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
21 Apr 1942Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
May 1942RD
25 Aug 1942DSC
13 Jun 1964CBE

Warship Commands listed for Joseph John Youngs, RNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Fitzroy (i) (J 03)Lt.Cdr.Minesweeper1 Oct 1940early 1941
HMS Speedwell (J 87)Lt.Cdr.Minesweeper26 Feb 194110 Jul 1942
HMS Fort York (J 119)Cdr.Minesweeper14 Jul 19424 Feb 1943
HMS Beauly Firth (F 187)A/Capt.Repair Ship11 Jun 1945mid 1946

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Minesweeper HMS Speedwell (J 87)


29 Jun 1941
German U-boat U-651 was sunk south of Iceland, in position 59?52'N, 18?36'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Malcolm )(Cdr. C.D. Howard-Johnston, DSC, RN), HMS Scimitar (Lt. R.D. Franks, RN), the corvettes HMS Arabis (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Stewart, RNR) and HMS Violet (Lt.Cdr. K.M. Nicholson, RNR) and the minesweeper HMS Speedwell (Lt.Cdr. J.J. Youngs, OBE, RNR).

13 Apr 1942
HMS Speedwell (Lt.Cdr. J.J. Youngs, OBE, RNR) picks up 21 survivors from the Panamanian merchant El Occidente that was torpedoed and sunk in the Arctic in position 73°28'N, 28°30'E by German U-boat U-435.

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