Hanington, Daniel Lionel: my Navy recollections (May 11, 1985) ...
Rank: Rear Admiral. Medals and Honours: Distinguished Service Cross ... : ABSTRACT: Rear Admiral Daniel L. Hanington D.S.C. Royal Canadian Navy (Cassette 1, Side 1) In July 1940 joined HMCS Brunswicker as a midshipman RCNVR. A month later was sent to sea in the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Rajputana (...
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2022
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.58066/w5ff-sa06 http://vault.library.uvic.ca/concern/generic_works/74d6fb0e-872a-4d55-b688-972f6ebab79b |
| Summary: | Rank: Rear Admiral. Medals and Honours: Distinguished Service Cross ... : ABSTRACT: Rear Admiral Daniel L. Hanington D.S.C. Royal Canadian Navy (Cassette 1, Side 1) In July 1940 joined HMCS Brunswicker as a midshipman RCNVR. A month later was sent to sea in the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Rajputana (ex P&O), eight old 6-in. guns, the captain a retired RN officer. Early convoy work: Halifax-Bermuda-mid-ocean then return to Halifax (Nov. 1940). Early corvettes with wooden guns, real ones fitted later. Comments on more or less luxurious cabins in former ocean liners. Excellent training included cargo storage as well as gunnery and navigation. On patrol in the Denmark Strait, between Iceland and Greenland. Torpedoed (13 Apr. 1941) in the engine room and several hours later torpedoed again on the opposite side. Speaks of casualties. A dozen or more hours in a life boat. Spotted by a flying boat from Iceland, in response to an emergency wireless transmitter. Discipline in the boat was excellent and commanded by an engineer sub-lieutenant (former yachtsman). Rescued by a British ... |
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