1 9 3 9
September In Reserve, awaiting
for conversion to WAIR.
to December
1 9 4 0
January In Reserve awaiting
conversion.
to March
April Taken in hand for refit and conversion.
May Under refit
to Pennant
Number for visual signalling purposes changed to L21
December
1 9 4 1
January Post refit trials
Allocated for
convoy defence in North Sea.
February Deployed for escort of coastal
convoys and interception patrol.
to December
1 9 4 2
January North Sea convoy defence and patrol duties in continuation
to December (Note: For details of defence of east coast convoys see THE BATTLE OF THE NARROW
SEAS by: Peter
Scott and WAR ON THE EAST COAST by J P Foynes.
1 9 4 3
January North Sea duties in continuation
to Nominated
for deployment in support of planned Allied landings in Sicily
May (Operation HUSKY)
June Deployed for escort of military convoys on
passage to Mediterranean for assault landings.
July Nominated for support of planned allied
landings in Sicily.
(Operation HUSKY – For details see Naval Staff History and BRITISH INVASION FLEETS
by J de
Winser.)
Passage to Algiers and joined Escort Group S.
(Note:
Escort Group S was part of Support Force East)
5th Sailed
from Algiers as part of escort for military Convoy KMS18
9th Detached
from KMS18 and took passage to Malta for repair.
10th On
completion took passage from Malta to join Escort Group V for provision of AA defence
11th Deployed
with Group for patrol, anchorage defence and convoy escort.
August HUSKY deployment with Support
Force East in continuation.
September On release from HUSKY deployments
took passage to resume North
Sea convoy defence.
October North Sea Convoy escort and
patrol duties in continuation
to December
1 9 4 4
January North Sea duties in continuation
to (Note: This ship was not detached for escort of assault or
December build-up convoys during allied
landings in Normandy (Operation NEPTUNE).
1 9 4 5
January Deployed for convoy defence
and interception of enemy minelayers in Nore Command
to See
HOLD THE NARROW SEA by P Smith, HITLER’S U-BOAT WAR by C Blair and
March Naval Staff History.
April Deployed as escort for convoy FS1784.
16th Carried out attacks on U1274 in position 55.36N 01.24W off Sunderland.
Submarine had attacked and sunk
tanker ATHELDUKE in convoy and appeared to be.
stationary
on sea bed. Sinking not therefore certain.
24th Returned
to position of attacks and carried out further depth charge attacks on
U1274 which was
still in same position. Wreckage retrieved confirmed submarine
had been
sunk. There were no survivors from U1274.
May Deployed in support of
re-occupation of Norway.
16th Entered
Trondheim after mine clearance operations by 9th
Minesweeping Flotilla.
June Deployed in North Sea.
to August