GREYHOUND-Class
Fleet Destroyer ordered from Fairfield's,
Govan under the 1933 Programme
in March 1934. The ship was laid down on
22nd August that year and launched on 24th
October 1933 as the 16th RN warship to
carry the name, and was last used for a
1913 destroyer sold in 1921. Build was
completed on 3rd March 1936 at a cost of
£250,664 (excluding equipment supplied by
Admiralty such as guns, ammunition and
radio communication equipment. She served
within the 1st Destroyer Flotilla in
Mediterranean Fleet before the outbreak of
war. This ship was transferred to Poland
in 1940 but retained her RN name. In view
of this transfer she was not adopted by a
civil community in UK following any
WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign
during 1941-42.
B
a t
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l e H o n o u r s
DOVER 1652 - KENTISH KNOCK 1652 - LOWESTOFT 1665 -
BUGIA 1671 - VELEZ MALAGA 1704 - CAPE
PASSARO 1718 - JUTLAND 1916 -
ATLANTIC 1940-43 - ARCTIC 1942 -
MEDITERRANEAN 1944
H
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c D a t a
Badge:
On a Field White,
a
laurel wreath Green with Gold berries.
M
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t
o
Dui meruit
ferat : ‘Let him bear
it who has deserved it '.
D e t a i l s o f W a
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c e
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1
9 3 9
September
On return passage from Aden to Suez after service in
Red Sea.
6th
Deployed for contraband control and escort
in eastern Mediterranean.
17th
Sustained structural and machinery damage
by premature explosion of depth charges.
Towed to Alexandria for temporary repair.
October
Under survey to assess extent of damage.
Repaired to allow passage to Malta under
tow.
10th
Arrived in Malta for repair by HM
Dockyard.
November
Under repair.
to
December
1
9 4 0
January
Repair in continuation.
to
Possible loan service to Polish Navy under
consideration.
March
April
Carried out Post refit trials.
Transfer to Poland as ORP
GARLAND approved.
May
3rd
Transferred to Polish Navy.
(Note: This was carried out on the
Anniversary of Poland's Constitution).
S
e r v i c e a s O
R P G A R L A N D
May
8th
Deployed on convoy escort duty in Eastern
Mediterranean.
(Note: Unattached to a Mediterranean Fleet
Flotilla.)
June
Convoy defence deployment in continuation.
to
July
August
Nominated for
return to
UK
for service in Western Approaches.
30th
Deployed with H M Destroyers DECOY, ILEX,
IMPERIAL, JANUS, NUBIAN, VAMPIRE
(RAN)
and VENDETTA
(RAN) as screen for HM Aircraft Carrier
EAGLE, HM Battleships
MALAYA
and WARSPITE, HM
Cruisers
GLOUCESTER, KENT, LIVERPOOL, ORION
and SYDNEY (RAN) to
provide Distant Cover for passage of
Convoy MS to from
Alexandria to Malta.
(Operation MB3 - Part of Operation HATS to
pass reinforcements to Mediterranean
Fleet
based at Alexandria See THE BATTLE FOR THE
MEDITERRANEAN by D Macintyre for
details of warships which included HM
Aircraft Carrier ILLUSTRIOUS and HM
Battleship
VALIANT.)
31st
Sustained damage during Italian air
attacks.
September
Passage from
Malta to
Gibraltar
14th
Took passage to UK from Gibraltar to join
10th Escort Group for Atlantic convoy
defence.
October
Deployed with Group for Atlantic convoy
escort.
November
Detached for duty with 13th destroyer
Flotilla.
13th
During escort of HM Battleship REVENGE in
Atlantic sustained major structural
damage in
storm and lost two men overboard.
Returned to Clyde.
17th
Taken in hand for repair of storm damage
at Govan shipyard
December
Under repair by Harland and Wolff.
26th
On completion of post repair trials
nominated for fit of ASDIC equipment.
1
9 4 1
January
4th
Taken in hand
for refit by Barclay Curie shipyard in
Clyde.
February
14th
On completion of post refit trials
rejoined Group for Atlantic convoy
defence.
March
Atlantic convoy defence in continuation.
April
Nominated for transfer to 14th Escort
Group at
Greenock.
14th
Joined Group In continuation of convoy
defence duty.
May
Deployed for Atlantic convoy defence.
to
June
July
Detached for escort duty with Home Fleet.
August
Deployed for escort and screening duties
with Home Fleet in NW Approaches.
Escorted tanker for support of Spitzbergen
landing operations.
September
On release from Home Fleet joined 3rd
Escort Group for Atlantic convoy
defence.
17th
Detached for escort of Malta convoy WS11X
(Operation HALBERD).
Joined HM Destroyers LAFOREY, LIGHTNING,
ORIBI, HEYTHROP, Dutch ISAAC
SWEERS and
Polish ORP PIORUN as screen for HM
Battleships PRINCE OF
WALES
and RODNEY, HM
Cruisers EDINBURGH,
EURYALUS, KENYA and
SHEFFIELD for
escort of WS11X from Clyde
to
Gibraltar.
24th
Joined Force A with HM Destroyers DUNCAN,
GURKHA, LEGION, LANCE, LIVELY,
FURY, ISAAC
SWEERS and ORP PIORUN as screen for HM
Battleships NELSON,
PRINCE OF WALES
and HM Aircraft Carrier
ARK ROYAL to provide cover in western
Mediterranean for
passage of WS11X
to
Sicilian
Narrows.
27th
Under air attacks during which HMS NELSON
vas torpedoed but remained with Force
until relief convoy ships were detached to
complete passage with escort.
28th
Escorted damaged HMS RODNEY back to
Gibraltar.
30th
Arrived at Gibraltar
October
Returned to UK with Horns Fleet ships
detached for HALBERD and rejoined Group.
November
Atlantic convoy defence with Group in
continuation.
to
(Note: During this period the Group
escorted Convoys ON45, HX164 and ONS53.
December
1 9 4 2
January
Deployed with Group for Atlantic convoy
defence.
February
Nominated for refit.
28th
Taken in hand for refit by Smiths Dock
Middlesbrough.
March
Under refit.
to
April
May
Post refit trials and prepared for
work-up.
Nominated for detached service with Home
Fleet.
6th
Worked up for operational service.
22nd
Joined Home Fleet on completion for
work-up.
23rd
Deployed with HM Destroyers ACHATES,
ASHANTI, MARTIN and VOLUNTEER, HM
Corvettes
HONEYSUCKLE, HYDERABAD,
STARWORT and French ROSELYS as Ocean
Escort for Convoy PQ16
to
North
Russia.
HM AA Ship ALYNBANK provided defence
against air attack and ships
of Home Fleet
gave cover with a cruiser force and
battleships including the
US
battleship USS
WASHINGTON.
27th
Under air attack by Ju88 dive bombers and
sustained serious damage from near miss
which
exploded on starboard bow forward.
25 of ship's company ware killed and one
missing with 43
wounded.
Forward armament and fire control director
wrecked.
Ship detached to proceed independently to
Murmansk.
(Note: This was the largest Russian convoy
since start of the Arctic convoys to
Murmansk
and Archangel. For details of this and all
other Russian convoys see CONVOYS TO
RUSSIA by RA Ruegg, ARCTIC CONVOYS by R
Woodman,, CONVOY 1 by
P Kemp and THE RUSSIAN CONVOYS by B
Schoefield.)
29th
Taken In hand for repair on arrival at
Murmansk.
June
Under repair.
26th
On completion joined Ocean Escort for
returning Convoy QP13 with HMS ACHATES and
HMS VOLUNTEER.
(Note: Others ships in escort included the
four corvettes and HMS ALYNBANK)
July
7th
Detached from QP13 and took passage to
Troon for repair in commercial shipyard.
August
Under repair.
September
Post refit trials and prepared for.
work-up prior to resuming Atlantic
duties..
21st
Worked-up.
October
Rejoined 3rd British Escort Group on
completion of work-up.
to
(Note: During this period convoys escorted
by the Group included ONS136, SC106, HX215
December
and ON157).
For details of weapons and tactics used in
the
Battle of the Atlantic see SEEK
AND
STRIKE by W Hackmann and U-BOAT WAR IN THE ATLANTIC
(HMSO).)
1 9 4 3
January
Atlantic convoy defence with Group in
continuation.
16th
Part of escort for Convoy SC117 with HM
Frigate SWALE, HM Corvettes NARCISSUS.
ORCHIS, French corvettes ROSELYS, LOBELIA
and ACONIT.
22nd
Under attack by U413 which sank
mercantile.
February
1st
Under repair at Greenock.
26th
On completion rejoined Group
March
6th
Joined inward Convoy HX228 with HM
Destroyers HARVESTER and ESCAPADE, Polish
destroyer BURZA, HM Corvette NARCISSUS,
Free French corvettes ACONIT,
RENONCULE and
ROSELYS of Group.
10th
Under attack by U-Boats of NEULAND Group.
11th
Submarine attacks in continuation during
which HMS HARVESTER sank U444 by
ramming and later was torpedoed and sunk
by U432 whilst carrying out rescue of
survivors from a mercantile sunk during
the onslaught.
(For details of this battle see THE
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC by D. MacIntyre
THE
ECHO
OF A FIGHTING FLOWER
by Peter Coy and HITLER’S U-BOAT WAR by C
Blair.)
April
Atlantic convoy defence with Group in
continuation.
May
Taken in hand for refit at Clyde shipyard.
June
Under refit.
to
(Note: HEDGEHOG anti-submarine mortar
fitted . See SEEK AND STRIKE.
August
Nominated for service with 8th Escort
Group on completion.
September
Carried out Post refit trials.
8th
On completion worked-up for operational
service.
Joined Group on completion.
October
Deployed with HM Escort Aircraft Carrier
FENCER, HM Destroyers VISCOUNT,
WHITEHALL, WRESTLER and Polish BURZA of
Group for escort of Escort Carriers
supporting the passage of military convoy
to the
Azores.
(Operation ALACRITY - To establish allied
base for defence of Atlantic convoys.)
28th
Deployed in support role with Group for
defence of Convoy SC145.
November
5th
Taken in hand for repair in Clyde
shipyard.
December
Nominated for convoy defence based at Freetown.
2nd
On completion took passage to West Africa
for escort of convoys to Gibraltar.
1
9 4 4
January
Deployment at Freetown in continuation.
to
Nominated for service in Eastern
Mediterranean.
March
April
Passage to Alexandria to Join 14th
Destroyer Flotilla.
May
Joined Flotilla for convoy defence and
anti-submarine patrol duties.
June
Eastern Mediterranean duties with Flotilla
in continuation.
to
(Note: During this period destroyers based
at Alexandria were deployed in support of
the
August
re-occupation of islands in the Aegean
which were being evacuated by German
troops.
September
18th
During patrol south of Milos sighted
U-Boat SCHNORKEL and attacked with
HEDGEHOG.
Lost contact and carried out
anti-submarine search operations with HM
Destroyers
TROUBRIDGE, TERPSICHORE, BRECON
and ZETLAND.
19th
U407 forced to surface after depth charge
attacks lasting several hours.
Crew abandoned submarine after setting
scuttling charges.
47 survivors were rescued.
21st
At Alexandria for repair of damage caused
by depth charge explosions.
October
Rejoined Flotilla in support of the
reoccupation of
Aegean Islands.
Provided naval gunfire support at
Kassandra and in Cyclades.
November
Nominated for return to UK.
20th
Took passage to Plymouth for refit.
December
Taken in hand for refit by HM Dockyard,
Devonport.
1
9 4 5
January
Under refit.
to
February
March
Harbour trials
Nominated for service with 8th Destroyer
Flotilla at Plymouth on completion.
31st
Refit work completed.
April
Carried out Post refit trials and
worked-up for operational service.
15th
Escorted HM Battlecruiser RENOWN to Rosyth
with HM Destroyer SCOURGE.
May
After VE Day embarked relied stores for
delivery to ports in Holland and Belgium.
June
Joined 23rd Destroyer Flotilla, Home
Fleet.
to
Deployed for Flotilla duties including
support of military re-occupation in
German ports.
August
P o s t W a r N o t e s
ORP GARLAND transferred to the 17th Destroyer
Flotilla after VJ Day. She was deployed as
escort for U-Boats being scuttled in NW
Approaches (Operation DEADLIGHT) and later
joined the Polish Squadron based at Rosyth.
In July 1946 the loan to Poland was
terminated and the ship returned to the
RN. Placed on the Disposal List she
was first de-equipped and sold on 14th
November 1947 to the Dutch Navy for use as
a training tender. In 1950 she was
conversion for use as an A/S Frigate and
renamed MARNIX in 1950 Until 1961 she was
deployed mainly for training and the
removed from the active list and
demolished after 28 years service.
Addendum
CONVOY ESCORT MOVEMENTS of
HMS GARLAND
by
Don Kindell
This convoy list has not been
cross-checked with the text above
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Date
convoy sailed
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Joined
convoy as escort
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Convoy No.
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Left
convoy
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Date
convoy arrived
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07/09/39
|
13/09/39
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GREEN
1
|
16/09/39
|
18/09/39
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05/09/39
|
13/09/39
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RED
1
|
16/09/39
|
27/09/39
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|
|
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|
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as
ORP GARLAND
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28/06/40
|
28/06/40
|
AS
001/1
|
02/07/40
|
02/07/40
|
03/09/40
|
19/09/40
|
SL
046
|
23/09/40
|
23/09/40
|
24/10/40
|
05/11/40
|
SC
009
|
09/11/40
|
09/11/40
|
04/12/40
|
04/12/40
|
OB
254
|
07/12/40
|
08/12/40
|
14/02/41
|
20/02/41
|
SLG
001A
|
22/02/41
|
22/02/41
|
10/03/41
|
26/03/41
|
SC
025
|
29/03/41
|
29/03/41
|
10/04/41
|
16/04/41
|
TC
010
|
19/04/41
|
19/04/41
|
24/06/41
|
04/07/41
|
HG
066
|
09/07/41
|
09/07/41
|
24/09/41
|
25/09/41
|
HALBERD
|
27/09/41
|
27/09/41
|
17/10/41
|
17/10/41
|
CT
004
|
23/10/41
|
23/10/41
|
04/11/41
|
04/11/41
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TC
014A
|
12/11/41
|
12/11/41
|
22/11/41
|
22/11/41
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CT
007
|
02/12/41
|
02/12/41
|
11/02/42
|
11/02/42
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NA
003
|
19/02/42
|
19/02/42
|
25/02/42
|
25/02/42
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CT
011
|
01/03/42
|
09/03/42
|
03/05/42
|
12/05/42
|
HX
188
|
13/05/42
|
16/05/42
|
21/05/42
|
23/05/42
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PQ
016
|
27/05/42
|
30/05/42
|
26/06/42
|
26/06/42
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QP
013
|
07/07/42
|
07/07/42
|
03/10/42
|
09/10/42
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ON
136
|
16/10/42
|
26/10/42
|
16/10/42
|
23/10/42
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SC
106
|
03/11/42
|
05/11/42
|
15/11/42
|
18/11/42
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ON
146
|
29/11/42
|
08/12/42
|
05/12/42
|
11/12/42
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HX
218
|
19/12/42
|
21/12/42
|
27/12/42
|
29/12/42
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ON
157
|
08/01/43
|
15/01/43
|
12/01/43
|
20/01/43
|
SC
117
|
30/01/43
|
03/02/43
|
14/02/43
|
16/02/43
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ON
167
|
28/02/43
|
08/03/43
|
28/02/43
|
06/03/43
|
HX
228
|
14/03/43
|
15/03/43
|
20/03/43
|
22/03/43
|
ON
174
|
02/04/43
|
08/04/43
|
01/04/43
|
08/04/43
|
HX
232
|
15/04/43
|
16/04/43
|
30/04/43
|
01/05/43
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ON
181
|
12/05/43
|
18/05/43
|
13/05/43
|
19/05/43
|
HX
239
|
27/05/43
|
28/05/43
|
03/10/43
|
03/10/43
|
UA
003
|
09/10/43
|
09/10/43
|
24/10/43
|
29/10/43
|
SC
145
|
02/11/43
|
07/11/43
|
16/12/43
|
17/12/43
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KMF
027
|
24/12/43
|
30/12/43
|
26/12/43
|
26/12/43
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RS
013
|
02/01/44
|
02/01/44
|
03/02/44
|
03/02/44
|
ST
079
|
05/02/44
|
06/02/44
|
19/02/44
|
19/02/44
|
SR
010
|
27/02/44
|
27/02/44
|
01/03/44
|
01/03/44
|
RS
015
|
08/03/44
|
14/03/44
|
19/03/44
|
19/03/44
|
TS
058
|
22/03/44
|
22/03/44
|
26/03/44
|
26/03/44
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SR
012
|
03/04/44
|
03/04/44
|
29/03/44
|
06/04/44
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KMF
030
|
09/04/44
|
12/04/44
|
03/09/44
|
06/09/44
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MKF
034
|
unknown
|
14/09/44
|
16/11/44
|
25/11/44
|
MKF
036
|
30/11/44
|
30/11/44
|
15/05/45
|
21/05/45
|
MKS
101G
|
22/05/45
|
22/05/45
|
31/05/45
|
01/06/45
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TA
208A
|
01/06/45
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06/06/45
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(Note
on Convoys)