Biographical Data
Shadforth, Hubert George Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Captain (MM)
Official Number	(nk)

 

Birth	15/04/1884	Death	10/02/1942
Place	Durham	Place	(At sea) nr Iceland
Area		Area
Country	UK	Country	(At sea) nr Iceland

 

Titles
Honours
Awards
Qualifications

 

Biography
He was the brother of Captain Percy Shadforth. (He was qualified as a Master Mariner (Extra Master Foreign Going) #40180). He was appointed as a British Columbia Marine Pilot.

 

Military Service

He was appointed as a Midshipman RNVR. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNVR. (He Ws demobilized.) (Mobilized for World War Two service) (With seniority dated 09/11/1939). A/Lieutenant-Commander (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 09/11/1939). He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (Temp.) RCNVR. He served in HMCS Acadia (In command) 1940. He served in HMCS Spikenard 1942. (He was killed on 10/02/1942 when the German submarine U-136 fired four torpedoes at the convoy SC-67 south of Iceland sank the steamship Heina and HMCS Spikenard (K 198).)

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown
Named Features	Shadforth Creek (BC)

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Wilson, Hill (2005); McKee, Fraser & Robert Darlington (1998); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; http://www.naval-history.net/;
Last update
2011-02-08 00:00:00

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