Sir Edward Neville Syfret, RN
| Born | 20 Jun 1889 | Cape Town, South-Africa | |
| Died | 10 Dec 1972 | (83) | Highgate, London, England |
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Warship Commands listed for Edward Neville Syfret, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Rodney (29) | Capt. | Battleship | 15 Aug 1938 | 21 Nov 1939 |
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Battleship HMS Rodney (29)
29 Sep 1939
HMS Nelson (Capt. G.J.A. Miles, RN, flying the flag of Admiral J.M. Forbes, KCB, DSO, RN) and HMS Rodney (Capt. E.N. Syfret, RN) both conducted gunnery exercises at and later off Scapa Flow. While in the Pentland Firth the battleships were escorted by HMS Foxhound (Lt.Cdr. P.H. Hadow, RN).
After the battleships returned to Scapa Flow, HMS Foxhound joined other destroyers on A/S patrol. (1)
9 Nov 1939
Around 0800A/9, the battleships HMS Nelson (Capt. G.J.A. Miles, RN, flying the flag of Admiral J.M. Forbes, KCB, DSO, RN), HMS Rodney (Capt. E.N. Syfret, RN) and the destroyers HMS Faulknor (Capt. C.S. Daniel, RN), HMS Fame (Cdr. P.N. Walter, RN), HMS Fearless (Cdr. K.L. Harkness, RN), HMS Foresight (Lt.Cdr. G.T. Lambert, RN), HMS Fortune (Cdr. E.A. Gibbs, RN), HMS Foxhound (Lt.Cdr. P.H. Hadow, RN) and HMS Imperial (Lt.Cdr. C.A.de W. Kitcat, RN) arrived at Rosyth.
12 Nov 1939
Around 1600A/12, the battleships HMS Nelson (Capt. G.J.A. Miles, RN, flying the flag of Admiral J.M. Forbes, KCB, DSO, RN), HMS Rodney (Capt. E.N. Syfret, RN) and the destroyers HMS Faulknor (Capt. C.S. Daniel, RN), HMS Fame (Cdr. P.N. Walter, RN), HMS Foresight (Lt.Cdr. G.T. Lambert, RN), HMS Fortune (Cdr. E.A. Gibbs, RN) and HMS Foxhound (Lt.Cdr. P.H. Hadow, RN) departed Rosyth to patrol between the Faroer Island and the coast of Norway to provide cover during convoy operations to and from Norway. En-route the were to carry out gunnery exercises off Cape Wrath which they did around noon on the 13th.
Around 0830A/13, the Fleet was joined by the destroyers HMS Imogen (Cdr. E.B.K. Stevens, RN) and HMS Impulsive (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Thomas, RN) which came from Scapa Flow.
Around 1000A/13, the Fleet was joined by another destroyer, HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Maud, RN) also coming from Scapa Flow.
Around 1100A/13, the Fleet arrived off Cape Wrath and gunnery exercises were commenced around 1145A/13. Upon completion of the exercises the Fleet set course to the north to proceed to the patrol area.
At 2000A/13, HMS Icarus, HMS Imogen and HMS Impulsive were detached to Sullom Voe.
On the 16th the Fleet set course for the Clyde. While en-route a signal was received that the Clyde was closed for shipping so course was changed to proceed to Loch Ewe instead.
Around 0915A/17, the Fleet arrived in Loch Ewe.
20 Nov 1939
Around 1130A/20, the battleships HMS Nelson (Capt. G.J.A. Miles, RN, flying the flag of Admiral J.M. Forbes, KCB, DSO, RN), HMS Rodney (Capt. E.N. Syfret, RN) and the destroyers HMS Faulknor (Capt. C.S. Daniel, RN), HMS Fame (Cdr. P.N. Walter, RN), HMS Firedrake (Lt.Cdr. S.H. Norris, RN), HMS Fortune (Cdr. E.A. Gibbs, RN), HMS Foxhound (Lt.Cdr. P.H. Hadow, RN), HMS Somali (Capt. R.S.G. Nicholson, DSC, RN) and HMS Tartar (Lt.Cdr. D.E. Holland-Martin, RN) departed Loch Ewe for the Clyde where they arrived around 1000A/21.
Sources
- ADM 53/108783 + ADM 53/109897 + ADM 53/110266
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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