Cedric Naylor
Captain Cedric Naylor DSO & Two Bars DSC & Bar (12 June 1891 – 12 January 1949) was a Royal Navy officer of the First and Second World Wars. Naylor was a merchant seaman before joining the Royal Naval Reserve on the outbreak of the First World War. In November 1915 he was posted as first lieutenant to HMS Penshurst, a Q-ship, a warship disguised as a merchant vessel intended to fool German U-boats into surfacing so they could be sunk. Naylor received the Distinguished Service Cross for his part in the sinking of SM UB-19 on 30 November 1916 and a bar for further operations in February and March 1917. Naylor was granted temporary command of Penshurst after its captain was incapacitated in June and the next month damaged a submarine, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
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Cedric Naylor
Captain Cedric Naylor DSO & Two Bars DSC & Bar (12 June 1891 – 12 January 1949) was a Royal Navy officer of the First and Second World Wars. Naylor was a merchant seaman before joining the Royal Naval Reserve on the outbreak of the First World War. In November 1915 he was posted as first lieutenant to HMS Penshurst, a Q-ship, a warship disguised as a merchant vessel intended to fool German U-boats into surfacing so they could be sunk. Naylor received the Distinguished Service Cross for his part in the sinking of SM UB-19 on 30 November 1916 and a bar for further operations in February and March 1917. Naylor was granted temporary command of Penshurst after its captain was incapacitated in June and the next month damaged a submarine, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
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*HMS Braganza(1943)
*HMS Karanja(1941–42)
*HMS Montclare(1945)
*HMS Penshurst(1917)
*HMS Polyanthus(1918–19)
*HMS Salsette(1942–43)
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1891-06-12
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Officers of the Penshurst in 1917. Naylor is second from the right
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* HMS Penshurst
* HMS Polyant ...... HMS Braganza
* HMS Montclare
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1949-01-12
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