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Reginald Fife "Bob" Whinney

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& Two Bars (8 February 1909 – 1992) was a

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officer who specialised in

anti-submarine warfare Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms, to find, track, and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines. Such operations are typi ...

during

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. Whilst in command of the W-class destroyer he helped destroy three

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. For his war services he received the

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with two Bars. After the war he was promoted to captain and went on to become Chief Staff Officer Intelligence of the Mediterranean and Middle East during the

Suez Crisis The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression ( ar, العدوان الثلاثي, Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel,Also known as the Suez War or 1956 Wa ...

. In 1986 he published his

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s of his service years in ''The U-Boat Peril: an anti-submarine commanders War''.

Early life and education

Reginald Whinney was born in Rathdown,

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, Ireland on 8 Feb 1909;National Archives his father Harold Fife Whinney was at that time a major in the

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Whinney 1986, p.19 (though he rose to lieutenant colonel). He was first educated at Eastman's Prep SchoolWhinney 1986, p.22 and then enlisted as an

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Dartmouth Naval College Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC), commonly known as Dartmouth, is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy. It is located on a hill overlooking the port of Dartmouth, Devon, E ...

in 1922; an institution of which he was highly critical. Whilst there he met two people who were cast out of the college and went on to gain notoriety;

Guy Burgess Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess (16 April 1911 – 30 August 1963) was a British diplomat and Soviet agent, and a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that operated from the mid-1930s to the early years of the Cold War era. His defection in 195 ...

and

Norman Baillie-Stewart Norman Baillie-Stewart (15 January 1909 – 7 June 1966) was a British army officer known as The Officer in the Tower when he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. An active sympathiser of Nazi Germany, he took part in German-produced propagan ...

. Upon leaving Dartmouth, Whinney was sent to join in

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where (among other duties) he received lectures from Lord

Louis Mountbatten Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. Mountbatten, who was of German ...

. On 1 January 1927 he became a

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and soon after transferred to under Captain William M. James.Whinney 1986, p.23 In 1929 Whinney passed his

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exam and progressed to the

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, to finish his education before leaving as a

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.Whinney 1986, p.25

Navy career

He was involved the

Invergordon Mutiny The Invergordon Mutiny was an industrial action by around 1,000 sailors in the British Atlantic Fleet that took place on 15–16 September 1931. For two days, ships of the Royal Navy at Invergordon were in open mutiny, in one of the few mi ...

in 1931 whilst stationed on and was nearly discharged from the navy.Whinney 1986, ch.3 However, after six months of service on the gunnery training ship his record was cleared and he gained a transfer to the

heavy cruiser The heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches) in caliber, whose design parameters were dictated by the Washington Naval ...

taking passage to the

China station The Commander-in-Chief, China was the admiral in command of what was usually known as the China Station, at once both a British Royal Navy naval formation and its admiral in command. It was created in 1865 and deactivated in 1941. From 1831 to 18 ...

.Whinney 1986, p.36 HMS ''Suffolk'' commanded by Captain

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was soon to become the

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of Admiral Sir

Frederic Dreyer Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, (8 January 1878 – 11 December 1956) was an officer of the Royal Navy. A gunnery expert, he developed a fire control system for British warships, and served as flag captain to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe at t ...

and took passage to Japan to attend the funeral of Marshal-admiral

Tōgō Heihachirō Marshal-Admiral Marquis , served as a '' gensui'' or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. He claimed descent from Samurai Shijo Kingo, and he was an integral part of preserving ...

.Whinney 1986, p.38 They also travelled to

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and up the

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. Whinney then became the

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of a which was brought out of the

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at Malta during the

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.Whinney 1986, pp.39-40 Next he was given orders to return to

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to commence anti submarine training but en route he was asked by Naval Intelligence Division to travel overland by train through

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in order to memorise the dispositions of the Italian navy vessels in their ports.Whinney 1986, p.40-41 Having passed the exam at

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he was appointed as Assistant Anti-Submarine Officer to the

5th Destroyer Flotilla The British 5th Destroyer Flotilla, or Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, was a naval formation of the Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingd ...

to be stationed aboard .Whinney 1986, p.46 When the

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broke out in July 1936 ''Echo'' led three other destroyers from the 5th DF in patrolling the north coast of

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but they returned in November for the fleet inspection at Portland by King

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. After Edward abdicated Whinney took part in the lining of The Mall at the

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and then soon after the

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on 20 May 1937.Whinney 1986, p.47-49 When his appointment on ''Echo'' was finished Whinney returned as an instructor at the anti-submarine warfare school at Portland where he was given the responsibility of explaining the underwater equipment to visiting dignitaries such as Winston Churchill, the

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, Lord Mountbatten and George VI. Whinney then joined as the Anti-Submarine Officer (A/S) taking passage to

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where they were stationed when the coded signal arrived to "Commence hostilities against Germany".Whinney 1986, p.50 They returned to the

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for a short time before being sent back home to Britain in escort to the battleship ; on the way back, off the west coast of

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''Barham'' collided with ''Duncan''s

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as the convoy altered course for the

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.Whinney 1986, pp.52-53

World War II

On 17 January whilst escorting Convoy ON18 ''Duncan'' was accidentally rammed by a

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merchant vessel causing a twenty-foot hole in her side but fortunately she did not sink and was taken under tow to

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for temporary repairs.Whinney 1998, p.55-57 She was later towed to

Grangemouth Grangemouth ( sco, Grangemooth; gd, Inbhir Ghrainnse, ) is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, east of Falkirk ...

for repairs that were not completed until 22 July. After another short stint at the Anti-submarine training school Whinney joined the lead ship of the 4th Destroyer flotilla under Captain

Philip Vian Admiral of the Fleet Sir Philip Louis Vian, & Two Bars (15 July 1894 – 27 May 1968) was a Royal Navy officer who served in both World Wars. Vian specialised in naval gunnery from the end of World War I, and subsequently received sever ...

, with whom he had served under as a midshipman on ''Royal Sovereign''.Whinney 1986, p.60 In May 1941 whilst they were escorting a southbound convoy WS8B from

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they heard that had been sunk by

battleship . ''Cossack'' along with , , and

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destroyer were detached from the convoy to aid the hunt for ''Bismarck''. On the evening of 26 May ''Piorun'' spotted ''Bismarck'' and opened fire; Vian kept up the attacks throughout the night, maintaining contact until the arrival of the big ships of the fleet the next day.Whinney 1986, p.65-66 His next appointment was to the staff of the Commander-in-chief, South Atlantic stationed in

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where he advised on Anti-submarine matters and trained the local escort force.Whinney 1986, pp.70-73 Here he caused a slight controversy when he was sent to investigate the

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Islands by reconnaissance aircraft for signs of German U-boats being refuelled there; the islands belonged to Britain's allies Portugal and Whinney flying too close was caught snooping.Whinney 1986, p.75 He also caught

malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or deat ...

whilst stationed here which needed several months of treatment beginning at the

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(then based in

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) on his return to Britain at the end of 1942.Whinney 1986, p.83-85

HMS ''Wanderer''

Whinney assumed command of the destroyer in April 1943 while it was being converted to a long range escort in the dockyards of Devonport.Whinney 1986, pp.86-90 They served on the

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Command initially based at

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but later moving to Londonderry. Their first operational job was to escort troop ships for the

Allied invasion of Sicily The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allies of World War II, Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy (192 ...

.Whinney 1986, pp.90-91naval-history.net ''HMS Wanderer'' On 25 August 1943 during a convoy bound for Gibraltar, ''Wanderer'' attacked and sank some off

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with depth charges, whilst co-operating with the British corvette .Whinney 1986, p.95-102 U-523 suffered 17 dead with 37 survivors.uboat.net, U-523 The following day (26 August), ''Wanderer'' delivered an advance RAF party to Portugal to implement the agreement signed between Britain and Portugal for the use of airfields in the Azores from which to operate their maritime patrol aircraft.Whinney 1986, p.104-105 On 17 Jan 1944 ''Wanderer'', in concert with the frigate , sank a U-boat (identified as but possibly ) in the North Atlantic. Whinney was concerned about the repercussions of this action, as he had disobeyed an order, and carried out an unauthorized attack, to achieve this result,Whinney 1986, pp.12-18 but he was awarded the

(DSC) in February 1944, and on 20 June 1944 he was awarded a

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to the decoration. On 5 July 1944 while supporting the

Normandy Invasion Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Norm ...

, ''Wanderer'' and the British frigate sank in the Baie de la Seine, English Channel, with depth charges; 48 were killed with 1 survivor.Whinney 1986, pp.136-141 Whinney received a second Bar to his DSC for this action in October 1944. Having landed the survivor from U-390 at Portland Whinney discovered that ''Wanderer'' was no longer sea worthy so he was reassigned to a job in the Admiralty assessing reports of Anti-submarine actions.Whinney 1986, p.145 However, having been on the job for only a few weeks Whinney fell ill with "operational fatigue" in late December and so it came as a great surprise to be promoted to

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on 31 December 1944.Whinney 1986, p.147 After a short spell on the sick list, Whinney decided to get back to work and was offered a post as Executive Commander at , the Royal Navy submarine school at Fort Blockhouse.

Post-war

After the war ended his next assignment was as Executive Commander on in the Mediterranean until he injured his back playing polo and was invalided back home.Whinney 1986, pp.149-151 He then served ashore firstly at the Seaward defence school then in 1950 he was promoted to

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and became Deputy Director of the Underwater Weapons Department at

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. Next he became Chief Staff Officer Intelligence, Mediterranean and Middle East where he was stationed during the

. Then after a short while in the

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he took his final posting as a

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Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

. In retirement he worked for Cancer Relief and wrote his memoirs, ''The U-Boat Peril''. He married twice and had a son and two daughters from his first marriage.Weekly telegraph Jan 1993

Family

Wife Bridget Coote, married 30 July 1959.

Works

* ''The U-Boat Peril'', Arrow Books, London, 1986

Footnotes

References

Sources

* * * * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Whinney, Reginald 1909 births 1992 deaths People from Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Navy officers of World War II