Ships
- HMS Danae (D44) Captain from 8 June 1943 · Relieved on 7 August 1944
John Robert Sutherland Haines had HMS Danae from 8 June 1943 until 7 August 1944. He took her back to the Eastern Fleet for the winter of 1943-44 and then to Normandy, as a ship of Bombarding Force D.
Uboat.net gives his birth as 19 November 1896 and his death as 21 November 1974, aged 78. It gives no place. The commander page styles him commodore second class, which is later than this command. On the ship list he is a captain.
The rank line begins with midshipman on 15 May 1914. He was a captain in Danae.
The naval-history.net chronology has the Scapa work-up, the passage to Trincomalee in October 1943, Indian Ocean convoy defence until April 1944, the Rosyth refit, and the Sword Beach bombardment on 6 June. He left her on 7 August, while she was still on depot-ship duty after the landing.
He died on 21 November 1974. No appointment after Danae was taken from the fetched page.