Ships
- HMS Durban (D99) Commander from 28 December 1943 · Relieved on 6 April 1944
Richard Charles Stokes had HMS Durban from 28 December 1943 until 6 April 1944. Uboat.net lists him as a commander on the retired list. She was refitting at Portsmouth to be sunk as a blockship off Ouistreham.
The commander page says it has no career or biographical information. There is no birth and no death.
The rank is the one on the ship list, not on a biography.
Mason has her under care and maintenance in January 1944 and in hand for the blockship refit from February, with the main armament retained and 24 Oerlikon guns fitted. He left her on 6 April, before she sailed for Oban.
Nothing after 6 April 1944 was on the fetched page.