Harry Marcus Crews Sanders DSC, RD, DSO, RNR
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| Died | 17 Oct 1941 | HMS Gladiolus | |
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Warship Commands listed for Harry Marcus Crews Sanders, RNR
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Gladiolus (K 34) | Lt.Cdr. | Corvette | 16 Mar 1940 | 17 Oct 1941 (+) |
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Corvette HMS Gladiolus (K 34)
30 Jun 1940
HMS Gladiolus (Lt.Cdr. H.M.C. Sanders, RNR) picks up 16 survivors from a lifeboat of the British merchant Llanarth that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-30 on 28 June about 220 nautical miles west by south of Ushant in position 47º30'N, 10º30'W.
1 Jul 1940
The German submarine U-26 was scuttled in the North Atlantic, in position 48º03'N, 11º30'W after being heavily damaged by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Gladiolus (Lt.Cdr. H.M.C. Sanders, RNR) and bombs from an Australian Sunderland aircraft (Sqdn 10/H).
27 Jun 1941
The German submarine U-556 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 60º24'N, 20º00'W, by depth charges from the British corvettes HMS Nasturtium (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, RNR), HMS Celandine (Lt.Cdr. A. Harrison, RNR) and HMS Gladiolus (Lt.Cdr. H.M.C. Sanders, DSO, DSC, RNR).