Ships
- HMS Dauntless (D45) Commander, retired, from 17 October 1942 · Relieved on 23 November 1942
Nathaniel Greer Leeper, a retired commander, had HMS Dauntless from 17 October 1942 until 23 November 1942. In those weeks she was on Indian Ocean convoy work out of Diego Suarez and Durban.
Uboat.net gives his birth as 17 August 1901. It gives no place and no death.
The rank line on the saved commander page runs from acting sub-lieutenant on 15 January 1921, sub-lieutenant on 15 September 1921, lieutenant on 15 June 1923, and lieutenant commander on 15 June 1931. The acting commander (retired) date is not printed. He is a commander (retired) from 17 August 1941. The page says it has no career narrative.
The only command on his page is Dauntless. On 17 October 1942 she left Diego Suarez about 0800 and reached Tamatave about 0800 the next day. Convoy MD 1, Dilwara, Dunera and Empire Pride, left Tamatave on 18 October with Dauntless, Napier, Inconstant and Blackmore, and arrived at Durban on 24 October. On 9 November he took Dauntless out of Durban with the escort of WS 23, and she was back at Durban about 0730 on 13 November. The same day she left again with convoy CM 35. On 21 November Ranpura joined and Dauntless was detached with Dunera and Sontay for Kilindini. The event sentence dates that arrival 23 November 1943. The command table ends him on 23 November 1942. The command line follows the table.
No later appointment and no death were on the fetched page.