Roland Maurice Roberts DSC, RNR

Birth details unknown

Ranks

28 Apr 1938 A/S.Lt.
11 Jan 1940 Lt.
11 Jan 1948 Lt.Cdr.

Retired: 10 May 1959


Decorations

1 Jan 1941 Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
29 May 1945 DSC

Warship Commands listed for Roland Maurice Roberts, RNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS MistralLt.DestroyerJan 19425 Feb 1942
HMS St. Elstan (FY 240)Lt.ASW Trawler8 May 1942Sep 1943
HMS Petunia (K 79)Lt.Corvette14 Oct 194313 Apr 1944
HMS Launceston Castle (K 397)Lt.Corvette15 Apr 194421 Jun 1945

Career information

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Events related to this officer

ASW Trawler HMS St. Elstan (FY 240)


7 Nov 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS St. Elstan (Lt. R.M. Roberts, RNR) picks up 26 survivors from the American merchant William Clark that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-354 in the Greenland Sea in position 71°02'N, 13°05'W.

5 Mar 1943
HMS St. Elstan (Lt. R.M. Roberts, RNR) picks up 11 survivors from the American merchant Executive that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-255 in the Norwegian Sea in position 72°44'N, 11°27'E.

12 Mar 1943
HMS St. Elstan (Lt. R.M. Roberts, RNR) picks up the sole survivor from the American merchant Puerto Rican that was torpedoed and sunk on 9 March 1943 by German U-boat U-586 about 100 nautical miles north-east of Iceland in position 66°44'N, 10°41'W.


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