Cecil Dick Bluett Coventry RD, RNR
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Warship Commands listed for Cecil Dick Bluett Coventry, RNR
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Jasmine (K 23) | Lt.Cdr. (retired) | Corvette | 26 Feb 1941 | Jul 1943 |
| HMS Balfour (K 464) | Lt.Cdr. (retired) | Frigate | 27 Jul 1943 | 10 Jan 1945 |
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Corvette HMS Jasmine (K 23)
26 Sep 1941
HMS Jasmine (Lt.Cdr. C.D.B. Coventry, RNR (retired)) picks up survivors from the Norwegian merchant Varangberg and the British merchant Avoceta that were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-203 in convoy HG-73 north of the Azores in position 47°50'N, 24°50'W.
27 Sep 1941
HMS Jasmine (Lt.Cdr. C.D.B. Coventry, RNR (retired)) picks up most survivors from the British fighter catapult ship HMS Springbank that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-201 in convoy HG-73 north-north-east of the Azores in position 49°09'N, 20°10'W. The corvette went alongside to take off survivors and later scuttles the vessel by gunfire after an attempt to sink her with depth charges failed.
19 Nov 1942
The British tanker Scottish Chief is torpedoed and sunk about 200 miles east-southeast of Durban, South Africa in position 30º39'S, 34º41'E by the German submarine U-177. HMS Jasmine (Lt.Cdr. C.D.B. Coventry, (retired), RNR) later picks up 5 survivors and HMS Genista (Lt.Cdr. R.M. Pattinson, DSC, RNR) later pick up 7 survivors.
Frigate HMS Balfour (K 464)
18 Jul 1944
The German submarine U-672 was sunk in the English Channel north of Guernsey, in position 50º03'N, 02º30'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Balfour (Lt.Cdr. C.D.B. Coventry, RNR (retired)).