Herbert Arthur Stonehouse

HMS Loosestrife
HMS Alnwick Castle in 1944.

Herbert Arthur Stonehouse was a British Royal Navy Reserve officer who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and bar for his service escorting convoys during the Second World War and who in 1943 sank the German submarine U-192.

Career

Stonehouse became an Acting Lieutenant on 3 February 1939 and attained the rank of Lieutenant on 11 January 1940.

In 1943-44, he was the commander of the corvette HMS Loosestrife[1] which on 5 May 1943 attempted unsuccessfully to scuttle the merchantman Wentworth after the ship was seriously damaged by German submarine U-358, under the command of Rolf Manke.[2]

On 6 May 1943, Lossestrife sank the German submarine U-192 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell using depth charges.[3]

From 20 July 1944 to mid 1945, Stonehouse commanded the corvette HMS Alnwick Castle as an Acting Lieutenant Commander.[3]

From 9 July 1945 to 30 December 1945 he commanded the corvette HMS Oakham Castle. Stonehouse became a Lieutenant Commander 11 Jan 1948 and a Commander on 30 June 1954. He retired from the navy in 1959.[3]

Honours

Stonehouse was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross on 19 October 1943[4] and bar on 19 June 1945.[3]

References

  1. ↑ HMS Loosestrife (K 105). uboat.net Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Syrett, David (1994). The Defeat of the German U-boats: The Battle of the Atlantic. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-87249-984-3.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Herbert Arthur Stonehouse DSC, RNR. uboat.net Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  4. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36214/supplement/4613/data.pdf
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