The Archive · 1941

British Destroyer's Feat Recognized

Victors Over Italian Ship Decorated London, Feb. 12.

The exploit of the destroyer Kimberley in torpedoing the Italian destroyer Francesco Nullo in the Red Sea last October, in an action which followed.an enemy attack on a convoy, is recalled by awards announced tin the London "Gazette."

These are: The Distinguished Service Order to Lt.-Commander John Sherbrook Richardson; the Distinguished Service Cross to Engineer It-Commander Gordon Edward Sedgwick, and the Distinguished Service Medal to Chief Engine-room Artificer William Henry Dailison, all of the destroyer Kimberley.—Reuter.

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