Edward Gregson Roper DSO, DSC, RN
| Born | 12 Apr 1910 |
| Ranks
Retired: 7 Jul 1959 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Edward Gregson Roper, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Velox (D 34) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 28 Oct 1940 | 26 Mar 1942 |
| HMS Impulsive (D 11) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 5 May 1942 | 7 Jul 1943 |
| HMS Farndale (L 70) | Cdr. | Escort destroyer | Jul 1944 | Mar 1946 |
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Destroyer HMS Velox (D 34)
10 Feb 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Velox (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Roper, DSC, RN) picks up the sole survivor from the British steam merchant Brandenburg that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-37 west of Gibraltar in position 36°10'N, 16°38'W.
19 Aug 1941
The surviving crew members from the British merchant ship Alva, that was sunk by German U-boat U-559 were picked up by the British corvette HMS Campanula (Lt.Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSC, RNR) and transferred to the British destroyer HMS Velox (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Roper, DSC, RN) and landed at Gibraltar on 25 August 1941.
22 Aug 1941
At 2331 hours German U-boat U-564 fired a salvo of four torpedoes at the convoy OG-71 west of Aveiro, Portugal and observed four different detonations and three columns of fire, later lifeboats were seen. Suhren thought that he had sunk two ships and damaged two others. However, only two ships were hit and sunk, the British merchant ship Empire Oak and Irish merchant ship Clonlara in position 40°43'N, 11°39'W. The master Joseph Reynolds and 12 crew members from the Clonlara were picked up by the British corvette HMS Campion (Lt.Cdr. A. Johnson, RNVR) and landed at Gibraltar on 24 August. Six crew members were lost. The master Frederick Edward Christian, three crew members and four gunners from the Empire Oak were picked up by the British corvette HMS Campanula (Lt.Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSC, RNR), later transferred to the British destroyer HMS Velox (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Roper, DSC, RN) and landed at Gibraltar on 25 August. 13 crew members were lost. On 19 August, the Empire Oak had picked up six survivors from Aguila and eleven survivors from Alva. The survivors from Aguila died when this ship was sunk, while the other survivors were also rescued by the corvette.
Destroyer HMS Impulsive (D 11)
16 Sep 1942 (position 75.05, 43.15)
German U-boat U-457 was sunk in the Barents Sea 410 nautical miles north-east of Murmansk, Russia, in position 75°05'N, 43°15'E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Impulsive (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Roper, DSC, RN).
11 Mar 1943
HMS Impulsive (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Roper, DSO, DSC, RN) picks up 27 survivors from the American merchant Richard Bland.
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