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August Nominated
for duty with Rosyth Escort Force.
September Deployed
in Rosyth Command for convoy defence in North Sea and NW Approaches.
to (For details of naval activities In 1939
see ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by
December. C Barnett).
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January Area
of deployment extended to cover defence Channel and East Coast convoys.
to (Note : Remained on convoy escort duties
and did not take part directly in evacuation of
May allied troops from Dunkirk in May
(Operation DYNAMO).
June
11th During escort of
Convoy FN23 under air attack.
Rescued crew of collier HEWORTH which was
sunk after bomb hit.
July Deployed
for North Sea Convoy defence and anti-invasion patrol
to
December
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January Coastal convoy defence in continuation.
to (For details of North Sea convoys see THREE CORVETTES
by N
Montserrat).
May
June
21st Rescued the only 3 survivors from tanker VANCOUVER mined off
Sunk Head Buoy
and set on fire.
(Note : This ship had the highest casualties in any ship lost
off Harwich during WW2
and was on passage to Shellhaven
from Halifax. 45 lives were lost.)
July Coastal
convoy defence in continuation
to
December
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January Deployed
with Home Fleet ships covering passage of mercantiles
which had broken
out of Baltic Sea from Sweden (Operation PERFORMANCE).
February Coastal Convoy defence in
continuation.
to Note : Fitted with fire control radar
(Type 285) for main armament.
December (See RADAR AT SEA by D Howse for details of design and development of RN radar).
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Coastal Convoy defence in continuation.
(Notes : Did not take part in escort and support of allied
landings in Normandy, see
LANDINGS
IN NORMANDY JUNE 1944 (HMSO) which lists ships involved).
Additional radar for detection of aircraft and surface targets.
Type 286P fitted and
direction finding outfit for interception of wireless
signals
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January Coastal
Convoy defence in continuation.
to (Note : During this period SCHNORKEL
fitted submarines were concentrating attacks
April on
convoy focal points in Home Waters and Atlantic convoys were re-routed
through
English
Channel.
May
8th After
VE-Day deployed in support of military re-occupation operations.
14th Escorted
minesweepers with HM Destroyer
VENOMOUS during clearance operations prior
to entry of allied personnel into Kristiansund,
South
June Support
deployment in continuation
to
August