Ships
- HMS Dauntless (D45) Commander from 31 March 1945 · Still in command into early 1946
Philip Frederick Powlett, DSO and Bar, DSC, had HMS Dauntless from 31 March 1945 until about early 1946. He was a commander. The ship was by then a training cruiser, and the war against Japan ended while he still had her.
Uboat.net gives his birth as 13 November 1906. It gives no place and no death.
The rank line runs from acting sub-lieutenant on 1 January 1927, sub-lieutenant on 16 September 1927, lieutenant on 16 June 1929, lieutenant commander on 16 June 1937, and commander on 31 December 1942. He is a captain from 30 June 1949. The page says it has no career narrative.
The commands on his page are the patrol vessel Shearwater from 5 September 1939 to 20 January 1941, the escort destroyer Blankney from 27 February 1941 to 11 March 1943, the destroyer Cassandra from 12 June 1944 into early 1945, and Dauntless from 31 March 1945 until about early 1946. On 17 December 1941, while he had Blankney, that page records U-131 sunk north-east of Madeira by Exmoor, Blankney, Stanley, Pentstemon, Stork, and a Martlet from Audacity. The next day it records U-434 sunk north of Madeira by depth charges from Blankney and Stanley. The decoration dates printed beside his name are a mention in despatches on 11 October 1940, the DSC on 29 July 1941, the DSO on 24 March 1942, and a bar to the DSO on 1 September 1942. The page does not tie each one to an action. A CB is dated 31 December 1960.
He was promoted captain on 30 June 1949. The fetched page names no sea command after Dauntless and no death.