Henry George De Wolf DSO, RCN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

1 Jul 1940Cdr.

Decorations

27 May 1944DSO

Warship Commands listed for Henry George De Wolf, RCN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMCS St. Laurent (H 83)Destroyer6 Oct 193913 Jul 1940
HMCS Haida (G 63)Cdr.Destroyer30 Aug 194318 Dec 1944

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMCS St. Laurent (H 83)


2 Jul 1940
At 07.58 hours on 2 July 1940, the unescorted British passenger vessel Arandora Star was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-47 about 125 nautical miles east by north of Malin Head, Co. Donegal and foundered later in position 56º30'N, 10º38'W. The ship had 479 German internees, 734 Italian internees, 86 German prisoners-of-war and 200 military guards on board. The master, 55 crew members, 91 guards and 713 Italians and Germans were lost. 118 crew members, 109 guards and 586 Italians and Germans were picked up by the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent (Cdr. H.G. De Wolf, RCN) and landed at Greenock.


Destroyer HMCS Haida (G 63)


24 Jun 1944
The German submarine U-971 was sunk in the English Channel north of Brest, in position 49º01'N, 05º35'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Eskimo (Lt.Cdr. E.N. Sinclair, DSC, RN), the Canadian Destroyer HMCS Haida (Cdr. H.G. De Wolf, DSO, RCN) and depth charges from a Czech Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 311/O).

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