N.Z. SUBMARINE COMMANDER
+ 25-YEAR-OLD HASTINGS OFFICER LONDON, April 2. The distinction of being the only New Zealander in command of a submarine is at present held by 25-year-old Lieutenant L. Herrick, of Hastings, D.S.C., R.N. He entered the Royal Navy in January, 1936, and was promoted to full lieutenant in April, 1940. He was in the Tigress in July, 1940, and he was mentioned in dispatches in July, 1941. The Tigress, with her sister submarine, the Trident, sank five enemy ships in northern waters during 1941, when the Germans were supplying Murmansk. In a further attack against a heavilyescorted convoy, she sank two more ships, also an oil tanker nearer England. After the Tigress had completed one successful trip. Soviet sailors welcomed her officers and the ship’s company at 8 Russian base. Since serving in the Tigress, Lieutenant Herrick has served in five other submarines, four of which he has commanded. He was awarded the D.S.C. in November, 1942, for courage and skill in successful patrols in his Majesty’s submarines. He is now believed to be operating in the Mediterranean.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23914, 5 April 1943, Page 4
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