Richard Vere Essex Case DSO, DSC, RD, RNR
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Retired: 13 Apr 1959 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Richard Vere Essex Case, RNR
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Stella Capella (FY 107) | Lt.Cdr. | ASW Trawler | 5 Mar 1940 | 28 Aug 1940 |
| HMS Campanula (K 18) | Lt.Cdr. | Corvette | Aug 1940 | 15 Jan 1942 |
| HMS Rother (K 224) | Lt.Cdr. | Frigate | 16 Jan 1942 | 16 Sep 1943 |
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Corvette HMS Campanula (K 18)
23 Aug 1941
HMS Campanula (Lt.Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSC, RNR) picks up 38 survivors from the British merchant Aldergrove that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-201 north-west of Lisbon, Portugal in position 40°43'N, 11°39'W.
Frigate HMS Rother (K 224)
12 Jul 1942
HMS Rother (Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSO, DSC and Bar, RD, RNR) picks up 3 survivors from the British merchant Port Hunter that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-582 west-south-west of Madeira in position 31°15'N, 23°50'W.
27 Aug 1943
German U-boat U-134 was sunk north of Cape Ortegal in position 44°03'N, 08°05'W by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Rother (Lt.Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSO, DSC and Bar, RD, RNR).
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