Awarded DSC for his part in Operation Pedestal when serving aboard

 Rochester Castle as Second Officer

Service Record

From

To

Joined Company

9/1939


Rochester Castle

2nd Officer

1942


Samtrent

Master

12/1945

2/1946

Pretoria Castle

Chief Officer

6/1957

10/1958

Pendennis Castle

Chief Officer

1/1959

3/1960

Windsor Castle

Chief Officer

8/1960

3/1961

Richmond Castle

Master

4/1961

10/1961

Rotherwick Castle

Master

10/1961

12/1961

Kenilworth Castle

Master

3/1962

4/1963

Riebeeck Castle

Master

5/1963

7/1963

Rhodesia Castle

Master

3/1964

6/1964

Rowallan Castle

Master

2/1965

10/1965

Rustenburg Castle

Master

4/1966

9/1966

Edinburgh Castle

Master

3/1969

4/1969

Reina Del Mar

Master

5/1970

3/1971

Windsor Castle

Master

4/1971

6/1971

SA Vaal

Master

7/1971

8/1971

Pendennis Castle

Master

12/1971

1/1972

Good Hope Castle

Master

2/1972

6/1973

Southampton Castle

Master

12/1973

1/1974

Retired

March 1974


Retired - 1974

Capt Henry E Dryden DSC

‘Harry’

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