King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975
Name
COLLINS, Kenneth St Barbe (1904-1982), Rear Admiral
Service biography
Midshipman, HMS WARSPITE 1922; HMS VIMIERA 1923; Sub Lt, HMS FITZROY 1925; specialised in hydrographic surveying 1926; Lt and Lt Cdr surveying ships 1927-1937; meteorological officer, seaplane carrier HMS ALBATROSS 1939; World War II 1939-1945; Cdr, HMS SCOTT, mapping for minelaying operations, North Atlantic between Iceland and the Faroe Islands 1940-1942; staff of Allied Naval Expeditionary Force, North Africa 1942; staff of Allied Naval Expeditionary Force, Europe 1943; surveying 1947-1954; Hydrographer of the Navy 1955-1960; retired 1960; consultant to the Survey and Mapping Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa, Canada 1960-1963
Papers
No reply to approach letter to family, 1983
No papers have been traced
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