Michael Southcote Townsend DSO, DSC, OBE, RN
| Born | 18 Jun 1908 |
| Ranks
Retired: 7 Jul 1961 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Michael Southcote Townsend, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Viscount (D 92) | Lt. | Destroyer | 24 Aug 1939 | mid 1941 |
| HMS Badsworth (L 03) | Lt.Cdr. | Escort destroyer | 10 Jun 1941 | 8 Jan 1942 |
| HMS Kelvin (F 37) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 24 Apr 1942 | 24 Mar 1943 |
| HMS Barfleur (R 80) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 1 Aug 1944 | 28 Dec 1945 |
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Destroyer HMS Viscount (D 92)
2 Dec 1940
HMS Viscount (Lt.Cdr. M.S. Townsend, OBE, DSC, RN) picks up survivors from the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Forfar that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-99 about 500 nautical miles west of Ireland in position 54°35'N, 18°18'W.
HMS Viscount also picks up 36 survivors from the British merchant Goodleigh that is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-52 367 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55°02'N, 18°45'W.
HMS Viscount also picks up 16 survivors from the British merchant Kavak that is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-100 about 340 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55°00'N, 19°30'W.
HMS Viscount also picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Tasso that is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-52 sink about 360 miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55°03'N, 18°04'W.
Destroyer HMS Kelvin (F 37)
20 Jan 1943
The British destroyers HMS Kelvin and HMS Javelin intercept a small Italian convoy off Tripoli, Libya and completely destroy it. Some 11 ships were sunk among them the small Italian minesweepers RD 31, RD 36, RD 37 and RD 39.
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