page_title: Richard Been Stannard
hierarchical_section_title: Richard Been Stannard
caption_attribution_description: English: Naval Vc Commanding Veteran Destroyer, Sinks U-boat in Big North Atlantic Action. 13 To 16 1943, Liverpool, Lieut Commander R B Stannard, Vc, Making His First Trip As Skipper of HMS Vimy, Has Sent a U-boat To the Bottom. the Vimy 25 Year Old Veteran Destroyer Built during the Last War, Was Escorting Her First Atlantic Convoy When Enemy U-boats Attacked. during the Successful 3 Day and Night Battle in the North Atlantic HMS Vimy Forced One of the U-boats To Surface With Depth Charges and Completed Its Destruction by Gun Fire. German Survivors Were Rescued and Brought As Prisoners To a Northern Port. the Whole Action Was One of the Heaviest Defeats Inflicted on U-boats during the War. Lieut Cdr R B Stannard, VC, RNR, on the bridge of HMS VIMY.
context_page_description: Captain Richard Been Stannard, VC, DSO, RD was a British sailor, officer in the Royal Naval Reserve, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Stannard was awarded the first VC to the RNR in the Second World War.
context_section_description: Captain Richard Been Stannard, VC, DSO, RD (21 August 1902 – 22 July 1977) was a British sailor, officer in the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR), and a recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Stannard was awarded the first VC to the RNR in the Second World War.
caption: Stannard on the bridge of Vimy in 1943
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