| Noteable events involving Vanoc include: 4 Aug, 1940
HMS Vanoc (Lt.Cdr. J.G.W. Deneys, RN) picks up 37 survivors from the British merchant Gogovale and 34 survivors from the British merchant King Alfred that were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-52 about 300 nautical miles west-north-west of Bloody Foreland in position 56º59'N, 17º38'W. 17 Mar, 1941
The German submarine U-100 was sunk at 0318hrs on 17 March 1941 south-east of Iceland, in approximate position 61N, 12W, after being rammed and depth charged by the British destroyers HMS Walker (Cdr. D.G.F.W. MacIntyre, RN) and HMS Vanoc (Lt.Cdr. J.G.W. Deneys, RN). 27 Jul, 1941
HMS Vanoc (Lt.Cdr. J.G.W. Deneys, DSO, RN) picks up 6 survivors from the British merchant Hawkinge that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-203 about 800 nautical miles south-west of Fastnet in position 44º55'N, 17º44'W. 28 Aug, 1941
HMS Vanoc (Lt.Cdr. J.G.W. Deneys, DSO, RN) picks up 58 survivors from the British merchant Otaio that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-558 about 330 nautical miles west by north of Fastnet Rock in position 52º16'N, 17º50'W. 16 Mar, 1944
The German submarine U-392 was sunk in the Straits of Gibraltar, in position 35º55'N, 05º41'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Affleck (A/Cdr. C. Gwinner, DSO, DSC, RN (retired)), the British destroyer HMS Vanoc (Lt.Cdr. P.R. Ward, RN) and depth charges from 3 US Catalina aircraft (VP 63). (see map) 21 Jan, 1945
HMS Vanoc was heavily damaged when she rammed and sank the British minesweeping trawler HMS Computator off Normandy, France. |
