Second World War William Tennant (Royal Navy officer)

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1 second world war

1.1 dunkirk evacuation
1.2 captain of repulse
1.3 loss of repulse
1.4 normandy





second world war

dunkirk evacuation

on 26 may 1940, captain tennant dispatched on board destroyer hms wolfhound dunkirk aid in evacuation of more 300,000 british , french troops left stranded when france fell nazis. tennant s task organize men , them onto ships waiting take them. tennant stayed right until last ships left on 2 june, patrolling beaches of dunkirk megaphone searching british troops.


tennant lauded efforts @ dunkirk, , appointed companion of order of bath on 7 june 1940. ordinary sailors under command took calling him dunkirk joe .


captain of repulse

on 28 june tennant became captain of battlecruiser repulse, taking part in battles against german battleships scharnhorst , gneisenau, , later in hunt battleship bismarck.


loss of repulse

tennant , repulse joined admiral sir tom phillips force z, sent singapore counter japanese advancement in pacific, in december 1941. on 8 december, day after pearl harbor, singapore came under attack japanese air units, , force z departed malaya attack japanese convoy, operation cancelled shortly thereafter. upon returning singapore, received word of japanese landings on malaya, , force z - without air cover - made malaya counter them.


on 10 december, japanese attacked force z. tennant ably managed avoid nineteen torpedoes dropped japanese aircraft, repulse succumbed pincer attack, taking 5 torpedoes; sank within twenty minutes, taking great deal of crew her. survivors, including captain tennant, rescued hmas vampire, 1 of destroyers in force z.


normandy

rear admiral tennant (center) officers on mulberry b, arromanches, july 1944


in june 1944, tennant - admiral - placed in charge of naval side of transport, assembly , setup of 2 mulberry harbours provided port facilities coming invasion of normandy. in august, supervised laying of pluto pipelines between france , england, provided needed fuel supplies ongoing conflict. efforts in success of normandy invasion, tennant appointed commander of order of british empire king george vi, , received united states legion of merit.








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