David Wanklyn
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Lieutenant Commander Malcolm David Wanklyn, was a Royal Navy commander and one of the most successful submariners in the Western Allied navies during the Second World War. Wanklyn and his crew sank 16
Wanklyn (left) with his first lieutenant and senior engineer J. R. D. Drummond (right), 13 January 1942
The Delhi Durbar of 1911, with King George V and Queen Mary seated upon the dais.
Upholder in late 1940
The Victoria Cross
SS Conte Rosso
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SS Conte Rosso was an Italian transatlantic ocean liner that was built in Scotland in 1921–22. The vessel became a troop ship in the 1930s and was sunk by the submarine HMS Upholder in 1941.
David Wanklyn
…achievement, he also sank three Italian submarines. It amounted to 128,353 tons of enemy shipping. For the sinking of the heavily defended enemy transport SS Conte Rosso without working Asdic, he received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be bestowed…
Conte Rosso