Richard Burnaby Cooper, RN

Born  9 Oct 1900Weldon, England, U.K.
Died  23 Aug 1969(68)Gosport, England, U.K.


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Ranks

15 Feb 1921 Lt.
15 Feb 1929 Lt.Cdr.
22 Sep 1943 A/Cdr.
9 Oct 1945 Cdr. (Retd.)

Retired: 9 Oct 1945


Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Richard Burnaby Cooper, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Seamew (T 43)Lt.Cdr.River gunboatOct 1941Dec 1942
HMS Trouncer (D 85)A/Cdr.Escort Carrier12 Dec 194320 Mar 1944

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Escort Carrier HMS Trouncer (D 85)


31 Jan 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Trouncer (A/Cdr. R.B. Cooper, RN) is commissioned at Portland, Oregon, USA. (1)

19 Feb 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Trouncer (A/Cdr. R.B. Cooper, RN) departed Portland, Oregon, USA for Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (2)

21 Feb 1944 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Trouncer (A/Cdr. R.B. Cooper, RN) arrived at the Burrard Shipyard at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from Portland, Oregon, USA. She is then taken in hand to be modified to meet Admiralty requirements. (2)

Sources

  1. War diary 13th Naval District for January 1944
  2. War diary ComNorWesSeafron for February 1944


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