Sir Geoffrey John Audley Miles, RN
| Born | 2 May 1890 | Chelsea, London, England | |
| Died | 31 Dec 1986 | (96) | Holyport, Windsor and Maidenhead, England |
| Ranks
Retired: 15 Apr 1948 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Geoffrey John Audley Miles, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Nelson (28) | Capt. | Battleship | 19 Jul 1939 | 14 Jun 1941 |
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Events related to this officer
Battleship HMS Nelson (28)
30 Oct 1939
U-56 (Zahn) attacked the Home Fleet and hit HMS Nelson (Capt. G.J.A. Miles, RN) with torpedoes which failed to explode.
28 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1415A/28 the battleship HMS Nelson (Capt. G.J.A. Miles, RN, flying the flag of A/Adm. J.C. Tovey, CB, DSO, RN) and the destroyers HMS Bedouin (Cdr. J.A. McCoy, DSO, RN), HMS Sikh (Cdr. G.H. Stokes, RN), HMS Tartar (Cdr. L.P. Skipwith, RN) and HMS Beagle (Lt.Cdr. R.H. Wright, RN) departed Scapa Flow to patrol to the east of the Iceland Faroes passage.
They were to be joined the next day, around 1230A/29, by the light cruiser HMS Edinburgh (Capt. C.M. Blackman, DSO, RN) which was already on patrol. (1)
31 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1230A/31, HMS Nelson (Capt. G.J.A. Miles, RN, flying the flag of A/Adm. J.C. Tovey, CB, DSO, RN), HMS Bedouin (Cdr. J.A. McCoy, DSO, RN), HMS Sikh (Cdr. G.H. Stokes, RN), HMS Tartar (Cdr. L.P. Skipwith, RN) and HMS Beagle (Lt.Cdr. R.H. Wright, RN), arrived at Scapa Flow from patrol.
HMS Edinburgh (Capt. C.M. Blackman, DSO, RN) arrived a little earlier, around 1100A/31. (1)
Sources
- ADM 53/122130 + ADM 53/112867 + ADM 199/361 + ADM 199/376
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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