B a t t l e H
o n o u r s
NORWAY 1940 - ATLANTIC 1940 - MALTA
CONVOYS 1942 - NORTH AFRICA 1942-44 -ARCTIC 1942-43 - ENGLISH CHANNEL 1942-43 - NORMANDY
1944 - BISCAY 1944
H e r a l d i c
D a t a
Badge: On a Field barry wavy of six Blue and White
a porcupine Gold.
M o t t o:
Kum Apim: 'Kill a thousand, a thousand will come'
Manning Division: Chatham
D e t a i l s
o f P r e - W a r S e r v i c e
1 9 3 8
August
Commenced Acceptance Trials
(Note: Gun mountings had not been installed due to late delivery)
September
On completion of Acceptance trials other than for gunnery equipment,
installation and
setting to work of gun mountings after delivery of equipment.
October Installation and setting to work in
continuation.
to November
December
21st Build completion and
commissioned for service in 2nd Tribal Destroyer Flotilla,
Home Fleet
Completed Acceptance trials and storing.
Pennant Number for visual signalling purposes changed to F51
1 9 3 9
January
Carried out gun functioning trials and work-up for operational service.
February
Prepared for visit to West Africa
(Note: In view of the ship being named after the Ashanti Tribe, native
to the Gold Coast
a visit
was planned to meet the Chief and Elders of the Ashanti Tribe to
establish a formal relationship with the new warship which bore their
Name.)
Took passage to Takoradi.
27th Arrived at Takoradi for appropriate
ceremonials during which the ship was presented
with a silver bell and a gold shield with an assurance from Commanding
Officer that
these gifts would remain with the ship at all times during her service.
March
9th Passage from Takoradi to Gibraltar.
Rejoined Home Fleet
at Gibraltar for joint exercises with ships of Mediterranean Fleet.
Took part in
exercises with ships of Flotilla.
April
On completion of exercises took passage to Chatham.
Leave period at
Chatham
Flotilla
re-identified as 6th Destroyer Flotilla.
May
Resumed Home Fleet programme and prepared for official visit to
Cherbourg.
3rd
Arrived at Cherbourg.
8th Passage from Cherbourg
to resume Home Fleet exercise and visits programme.
June
1st Diverted from Programme
after sinking of HM Submarine THETIS and took passage to
Anglesey
area to join Home Fleet ships carrying out rescue operations.
(Note: These
failed and 99 of the crew lost their lives.)
4th Released from THETIS
operation and resumed Home Fleet programme.
July
Deployed in Home waters with Flotilla for Fleet exercises.
August
Home Fleet deployment in continuation including exercise in Atlantic
with Anglo French
Squadron.
(Note: This may be have
been her appointed war station.)
D e t a i l s o
f W a r S e r v i c e
(for more ship information,
go
to
Naval History Homepage
and type name in Site Search)
September
Withdrawn from operational duties for repair to propulsion machinery
defects.
Under repair to
defective turbine blades
(Note: This type of defect
was common to ships of this Class
See
AFRIDI TO NIZAM by J English.)
October
17th Resumed Home Fleet duties
at Scapa Flow with Flotilla
Present at Scapa Flow during air raid and accounted
for one enemy aircraft (not confirmed in other sources.
Believed to have been ESKIMO).
November
Home Fleet deployment for screening of major warships, patrol and convoy
defence.
to December
(Note: Took part in provision of cover for passage of first two
Canadian Troop convoys)
1 9 4 0
January
Home Fleet deployment with Flotilla in continuation
February
Withdrawn from operational service for repair
Took passage to
Cowes, IoW
March
Under repair of leaks affecting steam supply from boilers and for
installation of
degaussing
equipment.
(Note: Ships of the Class all
experienced leaks during early service due to stresses on
hull
structure during high speed operations in rough weather, See above
reference.)
For
details of degaussing equipment to counter effect of ships magnetism
on
magnetic mines see THE TORPEDOMEN by A Poland.)
On completion of
dockyard work and post refit trials resumed Home Fleet Flotilla duties
at Scapa Flow.
April
Deployed at Scapa Flow with Home Fleet
7th After movement of German
warships in North Sea had been confirmed sailed as part of
destroyer screen for HM Battlecruiser REPULSE, HM Battleships RODNEY and
VALIANT, HM Cruisers SHEFFIELD, PENELOPE and French cruiser EMIL BERTIN
to intercept ships reported by aircraft
For details see NAVAL OPERATIONS OF THE CAMPAIGN IN NORWAY (HMSO).
(Note: EMIL BERTIN later detaches and returned to Scapa Flow)
8th Deployed with Fleet screen
in Bergen-Trondheim area.
9th Under air attack with Fleet
units. See reference.
10th Remained with Home Fleet
units to provide cover for passage of Convoy HN25 from
Bergen to UK and for HM Aircraft Carrier FURIOUS during air operations
against
warships at Trondheim.
11th Fleet screening and
convoy escort in continuation..
17th Deployed as screen for HM
Cruisers YORK, EFFINGHAM and CALCUTTA in search
for five German destroyers reported off Stavanger.
(Note: One source records passage to land seamen at Andalsnes as
advance party prior
to
planned landings (Operation PRIMROSE)
28th Under air attack and
sustained damage during interception patrol off Trondheim.
(Note: Bomb explosion under hull after near miss caused extensive
damage to ship’s
generators
with loss of power.
30th Passage for repair.
May
Under repair at Dundee commercial shipyard.
Pennant Number for visual signalling purposes changed to G51
23rd On completion resumed
Flotilla duties with Home Fleet.
June
7th Provided screen for HM Battleship VALIANT
with HM Destroyers TARTAR and MASHONA
to provide cover for return
passage of evacuation convoys from Narvik.
9th Deployed with Flotilla for screening of
Home Fleet major warships during search for
German SCHARNHORST and GNEISENAU after sinking of HM Aircraft Carrier
GLORIOUS in North Sea whilst on passage to UK after evacuation from
Norway.
July
Deployed with Flotilla for Home Fleet major warships screening and
patrol duties.
August
Home Fleet deployment in continuation
29th Detached for escort of
ships of 1st Minelaying Squadron during minelay in Northern
Barrage (Operation SN14 – See Naval Staff History (Mining) for details.)
September
Home Fleet duties with Flotilla in continuation.
October
Deployed with HM Destroyer MAORI and SIKH to attack coastal shipping off
Egersund.
Norway. See ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY.
16th Sustained damage in
collision with HM Destroyer FAME during deployment off Tyne
estuary in high speed
operations intended to detonate mines prior to passage of HM
Battleship KING GEORGE V from Newcastle on Tyne shipyard to Rosyth for
the
completion of fitting out for service after build.
(Note: Ship grounded after collision and could not be refloated until
removal of top
weight,
including armament items. Some leaks were also repaired.)
November Passage to Type under tow and taken in
hand for repair.
Paid-off and ship’s company returned to Depot.
Taken in hand for repair at Swan Hunter shipyard, Wallsend.
December
Under repair.
1 9 4 1
January
Under repair.
to July
(Note: Work included removal of
propulsion machinery and two boilers to
carry
out replacement of propellers and A Brackets.
X
Gun Mounting was replaced by a twin 4IN mounting and preparation
made
for fit of 20mm Oerlikon guns for Close Range defence.
Main
mast structure was replaced and height of after funnel reduced to
improve arcs of
fire for AA weapons.
Radar
Type 285 was fitted for fire-control of main armament with a
Type286M radar for warning of approach of ships and aircraft.
For
details of development and use of radar by Royal Navy see RADAR
AT SEA
by D Howse.
This
extensive refit did not prevent future problems with structure or with
machinery which continued throughout remainder of service.)
August
Recommissioned for service in 6th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet.
(Note: A high proportion of
the ship’s company were survivors from sister destroyer
HMS
MASHONA which had been sunk in May. These experienced ratings
enable
ship to more quickly complete preparations for operational deployment.)
Carried out post
refit trials prior to resuming duties with Flotilla.
September
Worked-up at Scapa Flow with ships of Home Fleet prior to operational
deployment.
October
Resumed Flotilla deployment in Home Fleet for screening and patrol
duties.
9th Deployed with screen
for Home Fleet ships during air operations against Bodo, Norway.
November
Home Fleet duties in continuation.
December
Nominated for support of planned Commando raids on Lofoten islands and
took
part in
preparatory exercises
22nd Deployed with HM
Destroyers SOMALI, BEDOUIN and ESKIMO of Flotilla, HM
Escort Destroyers
WHEATLAND, LAMERTON, Polish destroyers ORP
KRAKOWIAK and
KUJAWIAK as escort for HM Landing Ships PRINZ ALBERT
and PRINCESS
CHARLOTTE during Commando Raid (Operation ARCHERY)
For details see
THE WATERY MAZE by B Fergusson.)
26th Carried out
diversionary operation during which German Trawler GEIER was boarded
after being scuttled by
crew. Valuable documents were recovered before ship sank.
(Note: These are
not recorded as related to ENIGMA information.)
30th Passage to Scapa Flow
on completion of ARCHERY.
1 9 4 2
January
Flotilla duties in Home Fleet in continuation.
to February
March
Nominated for Home Fleet screening duties to provide cover for passage
of convoys
PQ12 and PQ13
from Iceland to Murmansk and return Convoys QP8 and QP9 from
North Russia to
Reykjavik
(Note: These
convoys were perceived to be under threat of attack by German surface
warships including the battleship TIRPITZ.)
4th Sailed from Scapa Flow as part of screen for HM Battleship KING GEORGE
V,
HM Aircraft Carrier
VICTORIOUS and HM Cruiser BERWICK with HM Destroyers
ONSLOW, PUNJABI,
TARTAR, BEDOUIN, ESKIMO, FURY, ECHO and
ECLIPSE during
covering operations.
For details of all
Russian Convoy operations see CONVOYS TO RUSSIA by RA
Ruegg, THE RUSSIAN
CONVOYS by B Schoefield, ARCTIC CONVOYS by R
Woodman and
CONVOY ! by P Kemp.)
April Deployment with Home Fleet
screen in continuation of covering duties in Arctic.
May Nominated for escort
of Russian Convoy PQ16.
16th Deployed with HM
Auxiliary AA Ship ALYNBANK, HM Destroyers ACHATES,
MARTIN, VOLUNTEER and Polish destroyer
ORP GARLAND, HM Corvettes
HONEYSUCKLE,
HYDERABAD, STARWORT and Free French corvette FLEUR-
DE-LYS as
Ocean Escort for Convoy PQ16 during passage to Murmansk.
19th Under attack by
U591 which failed.
30th Detached from PQ16
with Ocean Escort and arrival of RN minesweepers from
Murmansk to
carry out local escort into harbour.
(Note: During
air attacks credited with destruction of two aircraft in defence of PQ16.
This ship is not recorded as being part of escort for return convoy
QP12.)
June Resumed Flotilla duties
with Home Fleet.
26th Deployed as part
of screen for HMS DUKE OF YORK, HMS VICTORIOUS,
US battleship
USS WASHINGTON, HM Cruisers CUMBERLAND and NIGERIA,
with HM
Destroyers BLANKNEY, ESCAPADE, FAULKNOR, MARNE, MARTIN,
ONSLAUGHT,
WHEATLAND, US destroyers MAYANT and RHIND to provide
cover for
passage of Russian Convoy PQ17 from Iceland to Archangel and QP13
from North
Russia to Reykjavik
(Note: These
convoys were considered likely to be attacked by German surface
warships including the battleship
TIRPITZ but Home Fleet major units were
instructed to remain north east of Mayen Island
July Fleet screening
duties in continuation in Arctic waters.
4th Remained with
Fleet units when PQ17 was ordered by Admiralty to scatter because
of threat of
attack.
(For details
see above references and THE CONVOY IS TO SCATTER by Jack
Broom.)
On release
from Arctic screening returned to Scapa Flow with Home Fleet units.
Nominated with
other Home Fleet ships for escort of Malta relief convoy.
(Operation
PEDESTAL – See PEDESTAL by P Smith, Naval Staff History
and MALTA
CONVOYS by R Woodman for details of this vital
operation.)
After arrival at Scapa
Flow under repair and modification to fit 20mm Oerlikon
weapons for
close range defence against air attacks.
August Passage from Scapa Flow as screen for HM Battleships NELSON and RODNEY,
HM Cruisers
KENYA, NIGERIA with HM Destroyers ESKIMO, TARTAR,
SOMALI,
AMAZON, MALCOLM, PATHFINDER, PENN, QUENTIN
BRAMHAM,
BICESTER, DERWENT, LEDBURY, WILTON, ZETLAND,
VENOMOUS,
WISHART and WOLVERINE as escort for military Convoy
WS21S during
passage from Clyde to Gibraltar.
9th Deployed with HM
destroyers INTREPID, ICARUS, FURY, DERWENT,
BRAMHAM,
BICESTER, DERWENT, LEDBURY, WILTON, PATHFINDER
and PENN as
Force X to escort HM Cruisers CAIRO, KENYA, MANCHESTER,
NIGERIA and ships of WS21S
during passage to Malta through Sicilian Narrows.
10th Detached from
WS21S to refuel from Force R, Refuelling Group).
Rejoined
escort for WS21S.on completion of refuelling.
11th Under submarine
attacks. One by Italian BRIN which was repelled by HMS
QUENTIN.
(Note: HM
Aircraft Carrier EAGLE was torpedoed and sunk by U73.)
12th Under further
submarine attacks during which Italian COBALTO was rammed
and sunk by
HMS ITHURIEL. part of escort for warships from Gibraltar.
WS21S under
air attacks during which HM Destroyer FORESIGHT and
HM Aircraft
Carrier INDOMITABLE were hit and damaged.
(Note: HMS
FORESIGHT later had to be sunk by own forces.)
Detached
with Force X as escort for WS21S through Sicilian Narrows.
Flag of Rear
Admiral HM Burrough, Senior Officer Force X transferred from
HMS NIGERIA
after damaged torpedo fired by Italian submarine AXUM.
(Note: HM Cruiser CAIRO
was also hit by two torpedoes from AXUM and
had to be sunk by own forces.
13th Under night
attack by Italian torpedo boats during which HMS MANCHESTER
was hit and
later had to be abandoned and scuttled.
After
daylight came under sustained air attacks causing boiler room fire which
was caused
by near miss and extinguished. Escorted damaged tanker OHIO.
14th Under continuing
air attacks during final passage into Malta with remaining
ships of
WS21S.
Took passage with HMS
KENYA, HMS CHARYBDIS, HMS INTREPID,
HMS ICARUS,
HMS PATHFINDER and HMS FURY after arrival of
WS21 SHIPS
in Malta.
Rejoined
ships of Force Z west of Sicilian Narrows after submarine and air
attacks. For
full details of PEDESTAL see references above.)
15th Arrived at
Gibraltar as part of screen for combined Forces X and Z.
19th Took return
passage to Scapa Flow as escort for HM Battleship RODNEY.
September Deployed at Scapa Flow and nominated for duty with Fighting Escort for
planned Russian
Convoy PQ18 with HM Cruiser SCYLLA, HM Destroyers
ESKIMO,
FAULKNOR, FURY, IMPULSIVE, INTREPID, MARNE,
MARTIN,
METEOR, MILNE, OFFA, ONSLAUGHT, ONSLOW,
OPPORTUNE, SOMALI and TARTAR.
(Note: Air
cover was provided by HM Escort Carrier AVENGER and an
Ocean Escort which sailed with PQ18. Distant Cover was given by
major
Home Fleet warships with destroyer screen. See references)
9th Joined PQ18 with
ships of Fighting Escort.
12th Under U-Boat attacks during which U88 was sunk by three ships of
the
Fighting
Escort.
13th Under further
submarine attacks which sank two mercantiles. In later air
attacks
which sank eight ships in PQ18.
14th U589 sunk by
combined air and surface attacks by Fighting Escort/
Mercantile
MARY LUCKENBACH sunk in air attacks with loss of 20 of
enemy
aircraft.
15th Under air attacks which repelled
by AVENGER aircraft and intense
AA fire by
escorts.
16th Detached from
PQ18 with HMS AVENGER, HMS SCYLLA and destroyers
of the Fighting Escort.
17th Joined return
Convoy QP14 as Escort for part of passage to Loch Ewe.
20th Detached from
escort after HMS SOMALI had been hit by torpedo from
U703 and badly
damaged. Took damaged destroyer in tow and began return
passage
escorted by HM Destroyers ESKIMO, INTREPID, OPPORTUNE
and HM
Trawler LORD MIDDLETON.
24th Tow abandoned in
deteriorating weather after 420 miles passage.
Crew of HMS
SOMALI rescued before ship broke in two and sank.
25th Returned to Scapa Flow and resumed Flotilla duties with Home Fleet
October Under repair and
maintenance at Rosyth
Nominated
for detached service in support of planned allied landings
in North
Africa (Operation TORCH)
Passage to
Gibraltar to join Eastern Task Force.
November Briefed for TORCH at Gibraltar
and prepared for support duties.
Deployed
for screening duties for HMS SHEFFIELD, HMS SCYLLA,
HMS
CHARYBDIS and HMS AVENGER during passage to Algiers.
8th Support duties during assault at
Algiers.
(For
details of TORCH see Naval Staff History)
December On release from TORCH
deployed at Algiers as part of Force Q for
interception patrols
to prevent passage of enemy ships for support of
military
defence of Algeria.
1 9 4 3
January Under repair at Gibraltar
On
completion deployed for escort of Landing Craft during
passage in
Atlantic on passage to Middle East for service in
East Indies.
February Resumed service with
Force Q at Algiers and deployed for interception
of enemy
shipping and defence of western Mediterranean coastal convoys
as screen for HM Cruisers AURORA and PENELOPE.
March Force Q deployment in
continuation
Detached
from Force Q for escort of military convoy on passage to
Gibraltar from UK.
21st Joined Convoy
KMF11 after it had detached from Convoy WS28 west of
Gibraltar
and deployed as escort during passage to Gibraltar.
22nd Detached from KMF11 to escort
ss EMPIRE MIGHT to Dakar after
ship had
been disabled by fire on board.
23rd Passage from
Dakar to resume duties at Algiers with Force Q.
April Force Q deployment
for convoy escort and interception in continuation.
May Took part in
operations to intercept enemy craft evacuating personnel
from North
African coast to Italy (Operation RETRIBUTION)
June Deployed in Malta
but incidence of defects determined that she should return
to UK for
refit
July Passage to Thames
commercial shipyard for refit.
July Under refit by
Green and Silley Weir shipyard, London.
to September During this refit the Tripod
foremast was replaced by new Lattice structure
to allow fit of new type radar
equipment, additional 20mm Close
Range
weapons and repair of machinery systems.
October Post refit trials and
shakedown for operational service with Home Fleet
Passage
to Scapa Flow to rejoin Flotilla.
15th Arrived at Scapa Flow to work-up for operational service.
November Nominated for screening
duties for Home Fleet major units providing
Distant
Cover for transit of Russian Convoys JW54B and return Convoy RA54B.
28th Deployed as escort for HM
Battleship ANSON, HM Cruiser BELFAST
with HM
Destroyers MATCHLESS, MUSKETEER and ORIBI
29th Detached
from screen due to weather conditions.
December
1st Resumed
screening duties.
15th Deployed
as Ocean Escort for Convoy JW55B with HM Destroyers
MATCHLESS, HMS METEOR, HMS MILNE, MUSKETEER,
OPPORTUNE, VIRAGO and Canadian destroyer HMCS ATHABASKAN.
21st Detached
from JW55B with same ships.
23rd Joined return
Convoy RA55A with same ships.
25th Remained
with RA55A when HM Destroyers MATCHLESS,
MUSKETEER, OPPORTUNE and VIRAGO were detached to join
escort of Convoy JW55 under threat of attack
by German battleship
SCHARNHORST.
3Oth Detached
from RA55A when Local Escort joined as escort to Loch Ewe.
1
9 4 4
January Detached from Home
Fleet and took passage to Azores area.
15th Part of
escort for HM Battleship KING GEORGE V during passage
from
Gibraltar to UK with Prime Minister embarked.
Returned to Fleet duties at Scapa Flow.
February Transferred to 10th
Destroyer Flotilla for duties in English Channel
and
took passage to Plymouth.
Deployed with HM Destroyers TARTAR, ATHABASKAN (RCN),
HAIDA
(RCN) HURON (RCN), Polish destroyers ORP PIORUN
and
BLYSKAWICA for offensive operations against enemy shipping
and
escorts off coast of France. (Operation TUNNEL Series)
March Deployed at Plymouth with ships of
Flotilla as Force 26 for TUNNEL
Operations.
15th In
action against E-Boats during patrol in SW Approaches.
April
17th Escorted HM Cruiser Minelayer
APOLLO with HMCS HAIDA and
HMCS
HURON during minelay off Ushant (Operation HOSTILE 28)
On
completion of lay detached to carry out offensive sweep to east.
19th Provided
cover for Motor Launches during their minelaying off north
coast
of Brittany near Isle de Bas with HM Escort Destroyers
TANATSIDE,
WENSLEYDALE, MELBREAK and HMCS HAIDA
(Operation HOSTILE 14)
20th Met HMS
APOLLO in SW Approaches with HMCS HAIDA for escort
during minelay west of Isle de Vierge (Operation HOSTILE 29)
Returned to Plymouth as escort when operation abandoned because of
low
visibility.
23rd Deployed with HMCS HAIDA
and HMCS ATHABASKAN as escort
for
HMS APOLLO during passage to Isle de Vierge for minelay.
24th In
action with HMCS ATHABASKAN, HMCS HAIDA, HMCS
HURON
and HMS BLACK PRINCE against German Torpedo Boats T24,
T27
and T29. T29 was sunk and the other two damaged.
Damaged in collision with HMCS HURON during
return passage.
May Under repair by HM
Dockyard Devonport.
27th On
completion deployed as 19th Destroyer Division, Plymouth
Command with HMS TARTAR, HMCS HAIDA and HMCS
HURON
for support of planned allied landings in Normandy.
(Operation NEPTUNE)
Prepared for support of NEPTUNE.
For details of
naval activities before and during NEPTUNE see
OPERATION NEPTUNE by K Edwards and LANDINGS IN
NORMANDY, June 1944 (HMSO).
June Deployed
in support of NEPTUNE based at Plymouth and carried
out
patrols in SW Approaches and Bay of Biscay to prevent any
attempt by enemy surface warships to interfere with landing and
build-up traffic.
8th
Deployed in SW Approaches with ships of 19th Division
9th Following aircraft sighting report
intercepted German destroyers
20
miles NW of Isle de Bas and engaged with HMCS HAIDA,
HMCS HURON, HMS ESKIMO, HM Destroyer JAVELIN and
Polish destroyers PIORUN and BLYSKAWICA.
German Z32 driven ashore and wrecked, Ex Dutch destroyer
TJERK HIDDES was sunk and Z24 badly damaged. See references.
14th
Intercepted German minesweepers west of Jersey during patrol with
ORP
PIORUN. M343 sunk and five other minesweepers damaged.
30th Sank two trawlers off
Channel Islands during offensive patrol.
July Carried
out offensive patrols in Bay of Biscay to support of military operations.
August Deployed with HM Cruiser BELLONA, HMS
TARTAR, HMCS
HAIDA, HMCS HURON and HMCS ATHABASKAN in Bay of
Biscay to intercept craft attempting to evacuate enemy personnel
from French coast.
5th Engaged
German convoy north of Isle d’Yeu and sank two escort
minesweepers a Patrol Vessel and Coastal Launch OTTO.
(Note: HMCS HAIDA was damage in this engagement.)
On
return, operational capabilities under review and restricted to local
convoy escort duties in SW
Approaches.
September Extensive refit and
refurbishment arranged
Passage from Plymouth to Tyne
October Taken in hand for
refit by Palmer’s shipyard at Hebburn, Newcastle.
November Under refit which
included repair and replacement of some propulsion
to December and electrical
equipment, installation of improved new design radar outfits
1 9 4 5
January Refit work in
continuation
to July
August Carried out
post refit trials during which defects were experienced including
propeller shaft bushes.
21st Ship
nominated for reduction to Reserve status in Category B.
S p e c i a l N
o t e
The other three TRIBAL
Class destroyers still in commission were deployed in the Eastern Fleet as part of the 10th Destroyer Flotilla.
P o s t W a
r N o t e s
HMS ASHANTI Paid-off and went into Reserve after VJ Day.
The ship placed on the Disposal List in 1947 after which she was used for Ship Target Trials
before being and sold to BISCO the next year. She was towed to Troon for demolition by West of Scotland
Shipbreakers where she arrived on 12th April 1948 for demolition. On 9th March 1959 the name was
carried forward for a new Type 81 TRIBAL Class General Purpose Frigate when launched at Scotstoun.
Glasgow by Yarrow Shipbuilders. This new warship entered service in 1962 and deployed operationally until
1977 when she was relegated to harbour training duties. Placed on the Disposal
List in 1981 she was later scrapped.
Addendum
CONVOY ESCORT MOVEMENTS of HMS
ASHANTI
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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26/10/39
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26/10/39
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NARVIK 1
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31/10/39
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31/10/39
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04/11/39
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04/11/39
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ON 001/1
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06/11/39
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07/11/39
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07/11/39
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08/11/39
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HN 001
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10/11/39
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10/11/39
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10/08/40
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11/08/40
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ZA
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unknown
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19/08/40
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01/03/42
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06/03/42
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PQ 012
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10/03/42
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12/03/42
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10/03/42
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22/03/42
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PQ 013
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22/03/42
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31/03/42
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21/03/42
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22/03/42
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QP 009
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22/03/42
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03/04/42
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21/05/42
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23/05/42
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PQ 016
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30/05/42
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30/05/42
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27/06/42
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01/07/42
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PQ 017
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04/07/42
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04/07/42
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26/06/42
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01/07/42
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QP 013
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08/07/42
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07/07/42
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02/09/42
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09/09/42
|
PQ 018
|
17/09/42
|
21/09/42
|
13/09/42
|
17/09/42
|
QP 014
|
21/09/42
|
26/09/42
|
31/01/42
|
31/01/43
|
GUF 004
|
01/02/43
|
13/02/43
|
26/02/43
|
26/02/43
|
GUF 005
|
27/02/43
|
11/03/43
|
02/03/43
|
07/03/43
|
KMF 010B
|
08/03/43
|
09/03/43
|
17/05/43
|
22/05/43
|
KMS 014X
|
26/05/43
|
26/05/43
|
12/06/43
|
12/06/43
|
CE 183
|
13/06/43
|
13/06/43
|
22/11/43
|
28/11/43
|
JW 054B
|
02/12/43
|
03/12/43
|
26/11/43
|
28/11/43
|
RA 054B
|
03/12/43
|
09/12/43
|
12/12/43
|
15/12/43
|
JW 055A
|
21/12/43
|
22/12/43
|
22/12/43
|
23/12/43
|
RA 055A
|
30/12/43
|
01/01/44
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Note on Convoys)
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