Peter John Fitzgerald, RN
Birth details unknown |
Ranks
Retired: 22 Apr 1931 Decorations |
Warship Commands listed for Peter John Fitzgerald, RN
Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
HMS Belmont (H 46) | Cdr. (retired) | Destroyer | 8 Oct 1940 | May 1941 |
HMS Churchill (I 45) | Cdr. (retired) | Destroyer | 3 Mar 1942 | 27 Feb 1943 |
HMS Churchill (I 45) | Cdr. (retired) | Destroyer | Mar 1943 | 1 Jun 1943 |
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Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMS Churchill (I 45)
9 Jun 1942
HMS Churchill (Cdr. P.J. Fitzgerald, RN (retired)) picks up 3 survivors from the American tanker Franklin K. Lane that was torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-502 about 40 nautical miles north-north-east of La Guiara, Venezuela in position 11°12'N, 66°39'W. The destroyer also attacked the U-boat with 27 depth charges, picked up 47 survivors from the Belgian merchant Bruxelles that had been sunk in the same attack and later scuttled the drifting wreck of the tanker with gunfire.
13 Aug 1942
HMS Churchill (Cdr. P.J. Fitzgerald, RN (retired)) picks up 50 survivors from the American merchant Delmundo that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-600 about 18 nautical miles south of Cape Maysi, Cuba in position 19°55'N, 73°49'W.
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