Charles Leigh de Hauteville Bell DSC, RD, RNR
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| Ranks
Retired: 24 Mar 1953 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Charles Leigh de Hauteville Bell, RNR
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Broadwater (H 81) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 9 Oct 1940 | 27 Feb 1941 |
| HMS Leeds (G 27) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 27 Feb 1941 | early 1942 |
| HMS Vanquisher (D 54) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 7 Jun 1942 | late 1942 |
| HMS Whitehall (D 94) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 8 Oct 1942 | 1 Nov 1943 |
| HMS Palomares (F 98) | Cdr. | Anti-Aircraft ship | 16 Feb 1945 | ca.late 45 |
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Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMS Leeds (G 27)
27 Nov 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Leeds (Cdr. C.L.de H. Bell, RD, RNR) is docked in the floating dock at the Rosyth Dockyard. (1)
5 Dec 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Leeds (Cdr. C.L.de H. Bell, RD, RNR) is undocked. (1)
Destroyer HMS Whitehall (D 94)
31 Oct 1943 (position 46.19, -20.44)
German U-boat U-306 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 46°19'N, 20°44'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Whitehall (Lt.Cdr. C.L.de H. Bell, RD, RNR) and the British corvette HMS Geranium (T/Lt. A.R.J. Tilston, DSC, RNR).
Sources
- Rosyth Dockyard docking register
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