Roderick Cosmo Gordon DSO, RN
Born | 7 Feb 1902 |
Ranks
Retired: 17 Feb 1952 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Roderick Cosmo Gordon, RN
Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
HMS Wolverine (D 78) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 31 Jul 1939 | 27 Nov 1939 |
HMS Intrepid (D 10) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 4 Dec 1939 | 16 Sep 1941 |
HMS Savage (G 20) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 15 Mar 1943 | 11 Dec 1943 |
HMS Boxer (F 121) | Cdr. | Tank landing ship | Jan 1945 | 21 Mar 1946 |
Career information
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Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMS Intrepid (D 10)
10 Feb 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Intrepid (Cdr. R.C. Gordon, RN) is docked in No.3 graving dock at the Rosyth Dockyard. (1)
12 Feb 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Intrepid (Cdr. R.C. Gordon, RN) is undocked. (1)
13 Feb 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
On or around 13 February 1940 German U-boat U-54 hit a mine in the barrage Field No. 4 or Field No. 6 laid by the British destroyers HMS Ivanhoe (Cdr. B. Jones, DSC, RN) HMS Intrepid (Cdr. R.C. Gordon, RN) in the North Sea on 2 and 13/14 January 1940.
Sources
- Rosyth Dockyard docking register
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