Allied Warship Commanders

Archibald Rider Cheyne, RN

Born  4 Jan 1911
Died  20 Oct 1950(39)Setubal, Portugal (car accident)


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Ranks

16 Jan 1932 S.Lt.
16 May 1934 Lt.
16 May 1942 Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1948 Cdr.

Decorations

4 Jun 1946 Mentioned in Despatches (MID)

Warship Commands listed for Archibald Rider Cheyne, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS H 50 (N 50)Lt.Submarine9 Apr 1940Sep 1940

Career information

Was en-route to the Mediterranean (Alexandria), to join the submarine depot ship HMS Medway as spare submarine commanding officer, when the ship he was on, the Dutch merhchant vessel Barneveld, was captured on 20 January 1941 by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. He spent the remaider of the war in a P.O.W. camp in Germany.

Events related to this officer

Submarine HMS H 50 (N 50)


1 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Portland. (1)

2 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Portland. (1)

6 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Portland. (1)

7 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Portland. (1)

8 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Portland. (1)

10 May 1940
For the daily positions of HMS H 50 during this patrol see the map below.

(1)

14 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) ended her 1st war patrol at Harwich. (2)

17 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) ended her 1st war patrol at Portsmouth. (1)

18 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) shifted from Portsmouth to Portland. (1)

22 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Portland. (1)

24 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Portland. (1)

28 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Portland. (1)

29 May 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) departed Portland for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the English Channel.

For the daily positions of HMS H 50 during this patrol see the map below.

(1)

1 Jun 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) ended her 2nd war patrol at Portsmouth. (3)

5 Jun 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) arrived at Harwich. (3)

9 Jun 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) departed Harwich for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the North Sea.

For the daily positions of HMS H 50 during this patrol see the map below.

(3)

11 Jun 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) ended her 3rd war patrol at Harwich. (3)

14 Jun 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) departed Harwich for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the North Sea.

For the daily positions of HMS H 50 during this patrol see the map below.

(3)

20 Jun 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) ended her 4th war patrol at Harwich. (3)

26 Jun 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) participated in an emergency port evacuation. She returned to Harwich later the dame day. (3)

28 Jun 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) departed Harwich for her 5th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the North Sea.

For the daily positions of HMS H 50 during this patrol see the map below.

(3)

7 Jul 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) ended her 5th war patrol at Harwich. (4)

12 Jul 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) shifted from Sheerness to Harwich. (4)

13 Jul 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) is docked at Sheerness. (4)

18 Jul 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) is undocked. (4)

20 Jul 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) shifted from Sheerness to Harwich. (4)

21 Jul 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) departed Harwich for her 6th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the North Sea.

For the daily positions of HMS H 50 during this patrol see the map below.

(4)

29 Jul 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) ended her 6th war patrol at Harwich. (4)

7 Aug 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) departed Harwich for her 7th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the North Sea.

For the daily positions of HMS H 50 during this patrol see the map below.

(5)

14 Aug 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) ended her 7th war patrol at Harwich. (5)

28 Aug 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) departed Harwich for her 8th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the North Sea.

For the daily positions of HMS H 50 during this patrol see the map below.

(5)

3 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) ended her 8th war patrol at Harwich. (6)

11 Sep 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) departed Harwich for Tobermory via Methill. She made the passage to Methill in convoy FN 278. (6)

13 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) arrived at Methill. (6)

14 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) departed Methill for Tobermory. She joined convoy OA 214 for the passage, (6)

16 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) arrived at Tobermory. (6)

18 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Primula (Lt.Cdr. K.M. Drake, RNR) and HMS Heliotrope (Lt.Cdr. J. Jackson, RNR). (6)

19 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Pirouette (T/Lt. E.R. Pate, RNR) and HMS Southern Breeze (Ch.Skr. G.W. Holliday, RNR). (6)

20 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) proceeded from Tobermory to Oban. She returned to Tobermory later the same day.

Lt. Prowse took over command of HMS H 50 from Lt. Cheyne in September 1940. Most likely he took over on this date. The log of HMS H 50 does not mention the change of command. (6)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/16328
  2. ADM 199/1829
  3. ADM 173/16329
  4. ADM 173/16330
  5. ADM 173/16331
  6. ADM 173/16332

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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