John Every Clayton, RCNR
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Warship Commands listed for John Every Clayton, RCNR
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMCS Shediac (K 110) | Corvette | 3 Jun 1941 | 22 Mar 1943 |
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Corvette HMCS Shediac (K 110)
12 May 1942
HMCS Shediac (T/Lt. J.E. Clayton, RCNR) picks up 25 survivors from the British merchant Empire Dell that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-124 in the North Atlantic in position 53º00'N, 29º57'W.
HMCS Shediac also picks up 37 survivors from the British merchant Cristales that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-124 in the North Atlantic in position 52º55'N, 29º50'W.
27 Dec 1942
HMCS Shediac (T/Lt. J.E. Clayton, RCNR) picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Melrose Abbey that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-356 north-north-east of the Azores in position 47º30'N, 24º30'W.
28 Dec 1942
HMCS Shediac (T/Lt. J.E. Clayton, RCNR) picks up 35 survivors from the British merchant Melmore Head that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-225 north of the Azores in position 43º27'N, 27º15'W.
4 Mar 1943
The German submarine U-87 was sunk west of Leixoes, in position 41º36'N, 13º31'W, by depth charges from the Canadian corvette HMCS Shediac (T/Lt. J.E. Clayton, RCNR) and the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix (Lt.Cdr. A.H. Dobson, DSC, RCNR).
6 Mar 1943
HMCS Shediac (T/Lt. J.E. Clayton, RCNR) picks up survivors from the British merchant Fort Battle River that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-410 west of Gibraltar in position 36º33'N, 10º22'W.