HMS Bideford (Photo Ships, click to enlarge)

on to Part 4 

Part 3

Shoreham/Falmouth-class - Bideford, Dundee, Falmouth, Fowey, Milford, Rochester, Shoreham, Weston (8 in class)

(for more ship information, go to Naval History Homepage and type name in Site Search)

 

(Note on Convoys)

 

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Part 1, Old-Flower-class - Foxglove, Rosemary (4 plus 1/2 RIN)
Despatch vessels, both RIN - Clive, Lawrence (2 in class)
Bridgewater-class - Bridgewater, Sandwich (2 in class)

Part 2, Hastings-class - Folkestone, Hastings, Hindustan (RIN), Penzance, Scarborough  (4 plus 1 RIN)

 

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Part 4, Grimsby-class - Aberdeen, Deptford, Fleetwood, Grimsby, Indus (RIN), Leith, Londonderry, Lowestoft, Parramatta (RAN), Swan (RAN), Warrego (RAN), Wellington, Yarra (RAN) (8 plus 4 RAN, 1 RIN)

Part 5 - Bittern-class - Bittern, Enchantress, Stork (3 in class)
Egret-class - Auckland, Egret, Pelican (3 in class)
Black Swan-class - Black Swan, Erne, Flamingo, Ibis (4 in class)

Part 6 - Modified Bittern-class, all RIN - Godavari, Jumna, Narbada, Sutlej (4 in class)
Modified Black Swan-class - Alacrity, (Actaeon), Amethyst, Cauvery (RIN), Chanticleer, Crane, Cygnet (ii), Hart, Hind, Kistna (RIN), Kite, Lapwing, Lark, Magpie, Mermaid, (Modeste), (Nereide), (Opossum), Peacock, Pheasant, Redpole, (Snipe), (Sparrow), Starling, Whimbrel, Wild Goose, Woodcock, Woodpecker, Wren (ii)   (27 plus 2 RIN; six in italics without convoy escort movements)

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SHOREHAM/FALMOUTH-CLASS (8 in class)
HMS BIDEFORD click for ship history
Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
05/01/40	05/01/40	HG 014F	15/01/40	15/01/40
26/12/39	10/01/40	SL 014	15/01/40	15/01/40
08/02/40	10/02/40	OA 088GF	11/02/40	11/02/40
11/02/40	11/02/40	OG 018F	17/02/40	17/02/40
17/02/40	17/02/40	HG 019	27/02/40	27/02/40
28/02/40	28/02/40	OA 100G	01/03/40	01/03/40
29/02/40	29/02/40	OA 101	01/03/40	03/03/40
14/03/40	14/03/40	OG 022F	19/03/40	19/03/40
21/03/40	unknown	OG 023F	28/03/40	28/03/40
05/04/40	05/04/40	HG 025	15/04/40	15/04/40
22/04/40	22/04/40	OG 027F	28/04/40	28/04/40
07/05/40	07/05/40	HG 029	10/05/40	17/05/40
20/05/40	20/05/40	OG 030	23/05/40	26/05/40
20/05/40	26/05/40	HG 031F	28/05/40	29/05/40
15/05/41	15/05/41	OG 062	29/05/41	29/05/41
04/06/41	04/06/41	HG 064	19/06/41	19/06/41
04/07/41	04/07/41	OG 067	20/07/41	20/07/41
28/07/41	28/07/41	HG 069	11/08/41	11/08/41
23/08/41	23/08/41	OS 004	09/09/41	11/09/41
14/09/41	16/09/41	SL 087	06/10/41	06/10/41
25/10/41	26/10/41	OS 010	15/11/41	18/11/41
18/11/41	18/11/41	SL 093	10/12/41	10/12/41
23/12/41	24/12/41	OS 015	11/01/42	13/01/42
15/01/42	18/01/42	SL 098	05/02/42	05/02/42
12/04/42	23/04/42	OS 025	29/04/42	29/04/42
04/05/42	04/05/42	SL 109	18/05/42	28/05/42
21/05/42	21/05/42	HG 083	07/06/42	07/06/42
11/06/42	11/06/42	OS 031	27/06/42	30/06/42
05/07/42	05/07/42	SL 115	25/07/42	26/07/42
10/08/42	11/08/42	OS 037	27/08/42	29/08/42
03/09/42	03/09/42	SL 121	21/09/42	21/09/42
26/09/42	09/10/42	SC 103	14/10/42	14/10/42
25/10/42	25/10/42	KMS 002G	12/11/42	12/11/42
15/11/42	15/11/42	MKS 001X	23/11/42	23/11/42
11/12/42	11/12/42	KMS 005G	24/12/42	27/12/42
22/12/42	26/12/42	MKS 004	06/01/43	06/01/43
25/04/43	09/05/43	SC 128	10/05/43	13/05/43
18/05/43	27/05/43	SC 131	28/05/43	31/05/43
28/05/43	02/06/43	ONS 009	04/06/43	09/06/43
26/05/43	04/06/43	SC 132	06/06/43	11/06/43
01/06/43	06/06/43	ON 187	09/06/43	15/06/43
16/06/43	20/06/43	ON 189	22/06/43	01/07/43
15/06/43	23/06/43	HX 244	26/06/43	30/06/43
07/10/43	07/10/43	OS 056KM	18/10/43	18/10/43
18/10/43	18/10/43	OS 056	29/10/43	29/10/43
02/11/43	02/11/43	SL 139	16/11/43	14/11/43
28/11/43	28/11/43	OS 059	08/12/43	08/12/43
12/12/43	12/12/43	SL 143	25/12/43	25/12/43
07/01/44	08/01/44	OS 063	17/01/44	17/01/44
22/01/44	22/01/44	SL 147	02/02/44	02/02/44
07/02/44	12/02/44	KMS 040	18/02/44	18/02/44
24/02/44	28/02/44	GUS 032	07/03/44	23/03/44
23/02/44	10/03/44	UGS 034	20/03/44	20/03/44
30/03/44	31/03/44	MKS 045	11/04/44	11/04/44
17/04/44	17/04/44	KMS 047	27/04/44	27/04/44
04/05/44	05/05/44	GUS 039	15/05/44	29/05/44
14/06/44	14/06/44	KMS 053	23/06/44	24/06/44
28/07/44	29/07/44	MKS 057	08/08/44	08/08/44
13/08/44	13/08/44	KMS 059	23/08/44	23/08/44
02/09/44	03/09/44	GUS 051	08/09/44	28/09/44
23/08/44	12/09/44	UGS 052	17/09/44	17/09/44
26/09/44	27/09/44	MKS 063	08/10/44	08/10/44
11/10/44	11/10/44	KMS 065	21/10/44	21/10/44
01/11/44	02/11/44	GUS 057	07/11/44	30/11/44
22/10/44	12/11/44	UGS 058	18/11/44	18/11/44
01/01/45	01/01/45	MKF 037	04/01/45	06/01/45
02/03/45	02/03/45	ON 288	07/03/45	19/03/45
23/02/45	07/03/45	HX 340	10/03/45	10/03/45
22/03/45	22/03/45	OS 118KM	25/03/45	29/03/45
21/03/45	25/03/45	MKS 090G	28/03/45	28/03/45
07/04/45	07/04/45	OS 121KM	10/04/45	14/04/45
05/04/45	10/04/45	MKS 093G	13/04/45	14/04/45
12/04/45	12/04/45	ON 296	14/04/45	30/04/45
17/04/45	19/04/45	OS 123KM	20/04/45	23/04/45
15/04/45	21/04/45	MKS 095G	23/04/45	23/04/45
11/05/45	12/05/45	OS 128KM	14/05/45	15/05/45
10/05/45	15/05/45	MKS 100G	17/05/45	17/05/45
HMS DUNDEE click for ship history
Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
02/09/40	02/09/40	SC 003	14/09/40	18/09/40
HMS FALMOUTH click for ship history
Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
12/04/41	16/04/41	BM 007	17/04/41	17/04/41
21/04/41	28/04/41	BP 001	29/04/41	29/04/41
30/04/41	03/05/41	BP 001A	06/05/41	06/05/41
21/12/41	25/12/41	BM 009A	27/12/41	03/01/42
23/01/42	26/01/42	BM 012	27/01/42	04/02/42
12/02/42	12/02/42	C 001	13/02/42	13/02/42
13/02/42	17/02/42	BM 013	25/02/42	25/02/42
12/02/42	20/02/42	SJ 001	21/02/42	05/03/42
18/03/42	18/03/42	ESCORT	20/03/42	20/03/42
21/04/42	21/04/42	MB 002	25/04/42	25/04/42
06/06/42	06/06/42	C 017	09/06/42	09/06/42
01/07/42	01/07/42	MB 010	05/07/42	05/07/42
09/07/42	09/07/42	BM 025	13/07/42	13/07/42
17/07/42	17/07/42	MB 013	23/07/42	23/07/42
16/11/42	16/11/42	BP 060	unknown	unknown
28/11/42	28/11/42	PB 014	03/12/42	03/12/42
07/12/42	07/12/42	BP 062	unknown	14/12/42
16/12/42	16/12/42	PA 015	22/12/42	22/12/42
26/12/42	26/12/42	AP 011	unknown	unknown
04/01/43	04/01/43	PB 020	10/01/43	10/01/43
12/01/43	12/01/43	BM 037	18/01/43	20/01/43
03/02/43	03/02/43	C 042	07/02/43	07/02/43
14/02/43	14/02/43	A 3	19/02/43	19/02/43
17/02/43	26/02/43	OW 004/1	05/03/43	05/03/43
09/03/43	09/03/43	PA 028	16/03/43	16/03/43
04/04/43	04/04/43	PB 034	10/04/43	10/04/43
14/04/43	14/04/43	BM 049	18/04/43	18/04/43
26/03/43	26/04/43	AP 026	unknown	unknown
23/05/43	23/05/43	MC 007	02/06/43	02/06/43
17/07/43	17/07/43	BC 001	20/07/43	20/07/43
26/07/43	26/07/43	CB 001	06/08/43	06/08/43
28/09/43	28/09/43	DKA 002	08/10/43	19/10/43
11/10/43	11/10/43	AKD 002A	15/10/43	19/10/43
08/10/43	20/10/43	DKA 003	27/10/43	27/10/43
31/10/43	31/10/43	AKD 005	10/11/43	19/11/43
06/11/43	18/11/43	DKA 006	26/11/43	28/11/43
01/12/43	02/12/43	AKD 007S	10/12/43	10/12/43
06/03/44	06/03/44	CM 049D	13/03/44	13/03/44
13/03/44	13/03/44	DKA 014	22/03/44	22/03/44
27/03/44	27/03/44	AKD 019	30/03/44	30/03/44
11/03/44	30/03/44	DKA 015	01/04/44	01/04/44
07/05/44	07/05/44	AK 008/2	16/05/44	16/05/44
26/05/44	26/05/44	KD 003	04/06/44	04/06/44
06/06/44	06/06/44	DKA 019	17/06/44	25/06/44
23/09/44	23/09/44	CM 058A	29/09/44	29/09/44
14/12/44	14/12/44	MC 014	22/12/44	22/12/44
24/12/44	24/12/44	MC 014/1	30/12/44	30/12/44
21/01/45	21/01/45	CM 060	28/01/45	28/01/45
29/01/45	29/01/45	CM 060/1	08/02/45	08/02/45
14/02/45	14/02/45	MC 014E	21/02/45	21/02/45
04/03/45	04/03/45	MC 015A	12/03/45	12/03/45
HMS FOWEY click for ship history
Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
30/09/39	30/09/39	BLUE 003	11/10/39	11/10/39
02/12/39	02/12/39	SL 011	18/12/39	18/12/39
27/01/40	27/01/40	OA 080G	30/01/40	31/01/40
10/02/40	10/02/40	OA 089	12/02/40	13/02/40
23/02/40	24/02/40	OA 097	26/02/40	26/02/40
16/02/40	29/02/40	HX 020	04/03/40	04/03/40
05/03/40	05/03/40	OA 104	07/03/40	unknown
11/03/40	11/03/40	OA 108GF	14/03/40	13/03/40
14/03/40	14/03/40	OG 022F	19/03/40	19/03/40
05/04/40	05/04/40	HG 025	15/04/40	15/04/40
20/04/40	20/04/40	OB 133	22/04/40	22/04/40
26/04/40	26/04/40	OG 027	27/04/40	01/05/40
21/04/40	28/04/40	HG 027	01/05/40	unknown
02/06/40	14/06/40	HX 047	17/06/40	17/06/40
17/06/40	17/06/40	OA 169	20/06/40	unknown
09/06/40	20/06/40	HX 049	23/06/40	24/06/40
27/06/40	28/06/40	OG 035	01/07/40	01/07/40
24/06/40	28/06/40	HGZ	01/07/40	04/07/40
15/06/40	01/07/40	SL 036	03/07/40	03/07/40
12/07/40	12/07/40	OA 183	unknown	unknown
01/07/40	17/07/40	SL 038	20/07/40	20/07/40
26/07/40	26/07/40	OA 190	30/07/40	unknown
19/07/40	31/07/40	HX 059	03/08/40	03/08/40
07/08/40	07/08/40	OA 195	unknown	unknown
21/08/40	21/08/40	OA 202	25/08/40	unknown
11/08/40	26/08/40	SL 043	31/08/40	31/08/40
04/09/40	04/09/40	OA 209	08/09/40	unknown
28/08/40	09/09/40	HX 069	12/09/40	12/09/40
19/09/40	19/09/40	OA 217	24/09/40	22/09/40
20/09/40	20/09/40	OG 043	24/09/40	03/10/40
13/09/40	25/09/40	HX 073	26/09/40	28/09/40
10/09/40	26/09/40	SL 047	28/09/40	28/09/40
12/10/40	12/10/40	OA 228	16/10/40	unknown
05/10/40	18/10/40	SC 007	20/10/40	21/10/40
24/12/40	24/12/40	FS 0369	26/12/40	26/12/40
07/01/41	07/01/41	EN 053/1	10/01/41	10/01/41
13/01/41	13/01/41	EN 056/1	17/01/41	17/01/41
04/02/41	04/02/41	EN 067/1	08/02/41	08/02/41
11/02/41	11/02/41	EN 070/1	14/02/41	14/02/41
23/02/41	23/02/41	EN 076/1	26/02/41	26/02/41
01/03/41	01/03/41	EN 079/1	05/03/41	05/03/41
11/03/41	11/03/41	EN 084/1	14/03/41	14/03/41
18/03/41	18/03/41	EN 087/1	22/03/41	22/03/41
19/03/41	19/03/41	EN 088/1	22/03/41	22/03/41
23/03/41	23/03/41	EN 090/1	27/03/41	27/03/41
29/03/41	29/03/41	EN 093/1	01/04/41	01/04/41
29/08/41	29/08/41	OG 073	13/09/41	13/09/41
17/09/41	17/09/41	HG 073	30/09/41	01/10/41
13/10/41	14/10/41	OS 009	01/11/41	05/11/41
24/10/41	24/10/41	OS 009G	01/11/41	01/11/41
01/11/41	01/11/41	SL 091G	08/11/41	08/11/41
08/11/41	08/11/41	SL 091G1	12/11/41	12/11/41
12/11/41	12/11/41	SL 091GF	18/11/41	18/11/41
25/11/41	25/11/41	OG 077	13/12/41	13/12/41
14/12/41	14/12/41	HG 076	16/12/41	30/12/41
31/12/41	31/12/41	HG 077	12/01/42	12/01/42
26/01/42	27/01/42	OG 079	07/02/42	07/02/42
22/02/42	22/02/42	HG 079	06/03/42	06/03/42
22/05/42	22/05/42	OS 029	30/05/42	11/06/42
13/05/42	30/05/42	SL 110	04/06/42	04/06/42
13/06/42	14/06/42	OG 085	25/06/42	25/06/42
20/07/42	20/07/42	OG 087	03/08/42	03/08/42
07/08/42	08/08/42	HG 087	17/08/42	18/08/42
31/08/42	01/09/42	OG 089	14/09/42	14/09/42
19/09/42	19/09/42	HG 089	30/09/42	30/09/42
08/11/42	08/11/42	KMS 003G	22/11/42	26/11/42
21/11/42	24/11/42	MKS 002	03/12/42	03/12/42
24/12/42	24/12/42	KMS 006G	05/01/43	09/01/43
05/01/43	11/01/43	MKS 005	20/01/43	22/01/43
21/05/43	21/05/43	OS 048KM	29/05/43	29/05/43
29/05/43	29/05/43	OS 048	07/06/43	07/06/43
13/06/43	13/06/43	SL 131	24/06/43	24/06/43
24/06/43	24/06/43	SL 131MK	04/07/43	04/07/43
19/07/43	20/07/43	OS 052KM	28/07/43	28/07/43
28/07/43	28/07/43	OS 052	07/08/43	07/08/43
14/08/43	14/08/43	SL 135	26/08/43	27/08/43
27/08/43	27/08/43	SL 135MK	06/09/43	06/09/43
17/09/43	20/09/43	OS 055KM	28/09/43	28/09/43
28/09/43	28/09/43	OS 055	08/10/43	08/10/43
02/11/43	02/11/43	SL 139	16/11/43	14/11/43
14/11/43	03/12/43	UGS 024	06/12/43	12/12/43
01/12/43	09/12/43	MKS 033	13/12/43	13/12/43
05/12/43	21/12/43	UGS 026	31/12/43	30/12/43
05/01/44	05/01/44	GUS 027	16/01/44	04/02/44
25/03/44	25/03/44	GUS 035	06/04/44	22/04/44
10/04/44	10/04/44	MKS 045G	11/04/44	11/04/44
11/04/44	11/04/44	SL 154MK	19/04/44	23/04/44
15/10/44	15/10/44	OS 092KM	25/10/44	25/10/44
25/10/44	25/10/44	KMS 066G	26/10/44	26/10/44
29/10/44	29/10/44	MKS 065G	30/10/44	30/10/44
30/10/44	30/10/44	SL 174MK	07/11/44	07/11/44
13/11/44	13/11/44	OS 095KM	22/11/44	22/11/44
25/11/44	25/11/44	MKS 068G	26/11/44	26/11/44
26/11/44	26/11/44	SL 177MK	05/12/44	05/12/44
18/12/44	18/12/44	OS 099KM	24/12/44	21/12/44
31/12/44	31/12/44	MKS 074G	10/01/45	10/01/45
22/01/45	23/01/45	OS 106KM	25/01/45	25/01/45
21/01/45	25/01/45	MKS 078G	29/01/45	29/01/45
02/02/45	02/02/45	OS 108KM	04/02/45	05/02/45
05/02/45	05/02/45	KMS 082G	09/02/45	09/02/45
14/02/45	14/02/45	MKS 083G	22/02/45	22/02/45
03/03/45	04/03/45	OS 114KM	06/03/45	07/03/45
01/03/45	06/03/45	MKS 086G	07/03/45	09/03/45
10/03/45	10/03/45	KMS 089G	16/03/45	16/03/45
21/03/45	21/03/45	MKS 090G	28/03/45	28/03/45
01/04/45	02/04/45	OS 120KM	05/04/45	07/04/45
01/04/45	05/04/45	MKS 092G	08/04/45	08/04/45
17/04/45	17/04/45	OS 123KM	19/04/45	23/04/45
15/04/45	21/04/45	MKS 095G	23/04/45	23/04/45
HMS MILFORD click for ship history
Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
03/12/39	03/12/39	SL 011F	03/12/39	15/12/39
11/07/40	11/07/40	SL 039F	12/07/40	19/07/40
11/08/40	11/08/40	SL 043	13/08/40	31/08/40
20/01/41	20/01/41	SL 063	24/01/41	09/02/41
10/02/41	10/02/41	SL 065	14/02/41	08/03/41
05/08/41	05/08/41	SL 083	09/08/41	28/08/41
25/08/41	25/08/41	SL 085	28/08/41	17/09/41
06/10/41	06/10/41	ST 005	11/10/41	11/10/41
06/12/42	06/12/42	FTT 004	19/12/42	19/12/42
25/12/42	25/12/42	OT 003S	29/12/42	29/12/42
31/12/42	09/01/43	FTT 006	18/01/43	15/01/43
10/05/43	10/05/43	ST 065	14/05/43	14/05/43
21/05/43	21/05/43	TS 041	27/05/43	27/05/43
04/06/43	04/06/43	ST 068	unknown	unknown
11/06/43	11/06/43	TS 044	17/06/43	17/06/43
18/08/43	18/08/43	ST 074	unknown	unknown
03/09/43	03/09/43	SL 136	14/09/43	14/09/43
14/09/43	14/09/43	SL 136MK	25/09/43	25/09/43
27/10/43	28/10/43	OS 057KM	09/11/43	09/11/43
09/11/43	09/11/43	KMS 031G	10/11/43	10/11/43
13/11/43	13/11/43	MKS 030G	16/11/43	16/11/43
16/11/43	16/11/43	SL 139MK	26/11/43	26/11/43
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Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
10/12/39	10/12/39	SL 012	26/12/39	26/12/39
13/01/40	24/01/40	SL 016F	27/01/40	27/01/40
28/01/40	28/01/40	OA 081	30/01/40	31/01/40
16/01/40	02/02/40	SL 017	04/02/40	04/02/40
07/02/40	07/02/40	OB 087	10/02/40	10/02/40
31/01/40	13/02/40	HX 018	16/02/40	16/02/40
23/02/40	23/02/40	OB 097	26/02/40	27/02/40
16/02/40	29/02/40	HX 020	04/03/40	04/03/40
08/03/40	08/03/40	OB 106	11/03/40	11/03/40
01/03/40	12/03/40	SL 022F	15/03/40	15/03/40
16/03/40	16/03/40	OB 111	19/03/40	20/03/40
06/04/40	06/04/40	OG 025F	07/04/40	12/04/40
02/04/40	08/04/40	HG 025F	11/04/40	11/04/40
14/04/40	14/04/40	OB 129	17/04/40	18/04/40
06/04/40	18/04/40	HX 033	20/04/40	20/04/40
21/04/40	21/04/40	OB 134	25/04/40	26/04/40
02/05/40	02/05/40	OB 140	05/05/40	05/05/40
05/05/40	05/05/40	OG 028	05/05/40	10/05/40
29/04/40	06/05/40	HG 028	09/05/40	09/05/40
18/05/40	18/05/40	OB 150	20/05/40	20/05/40
21/05/40	21/05/40	OB 152	23/05/40	24/05/40
12/05/40	24/05/40	HX 042	27/05/40	28/05/40
28/05/40	28/05/40	OB 157	31/05/40	31/05/40
20/05/40	31/05/40	HX 044	03/06/40	03/06/40
27/06/40	27/06/40	OB 175	30/06/40	30/06/40
14/07/40	14/07/40	OA 184	19/07/40	unknown