1
9 4 3
June
Contractor's
trials.
Commissioned
for RIN service.
26th
- Build
completion and commenced Acceptance
Trials.
July
to August
On
completion
of trials and storing took passage to
Scapa Flow.
Worked-up
with ships of Home Fleet at Scapa
Flow.
Nominated
for deployment in Home waters for
Atlantic convoy defence on
UK-Gibraltar
route.
September
to November
Atlantic
convoy
defence in continuation.
December
22nd
- Involved
in collision with ss MANCHESTER
PROGRESS and sustained structural
damage,
24th
- Under
repair at Londonderry.
1
9 4 4
January
Under
repair. Nominated
for transfer to Eastern Fleet.
February
On
completion
of post repair trials joined escort
for convoy UK-Port Said convoy.
March
On
arrival
detached and remained under RN
control.
Retained
for convoy defence and took passage to
UK for further escort of military
convoy.
Joined
escort for Port Said convoy
after arrival in UK.
April
Part
of escort
for convoy to Port Said.
Onward
passage
to India approved.
Joined
escort for convoy to Bombay
at Port Said.
25th
- Joined
Royal Indian Navy for and nominated
for convoy defence in Indian Ocean.
May
to July
Deployment
in
Indian Ocean in continuation.
August
Redeployed
on
anti-submarine patrol in Indian Ocean
with HM Escort Carrier SHAH, Eastern Fleet
destroyers and frigates of Force 66.
12th
- Took part
in sinking of U198 with HM Frigates
FINDHORN and PARRET after sighting by Avenger
aircraft from HMS SHAH.
September
to October
Anti-submarine
patrol
in Indian Ocean continued.
November
Remained
in
Eastern Fleet after formation of
British Pacific Fleet.
December
Eastern
Fleet
deployment in continuation. Under
refit in
HM Dockyard Bombay.
1
9 4 5
January to March
Under
refit. Nominated
for support of military operations in
Burma.
April
Carried
out
post refit harbour and Sea trials.
28th
- Rejoined
Eastern Fleet at Trincomalee.
May
Prepared
for
support operations.
Part
of escort for assault convoy
taking 26th Indian Division to Rangoon
with HM Indian Sloops CAUVERY,
NARBADA, KISTNA, SUTLEJ and HINDUSTAN. (Operation
DRACULA, for details see OPERATION
PACIFIC
by E Gray. THE FORGOTTEN FLEET
by J
Winton and WAR WITH JAPAN (HMSO).)
June
Deployed
with
same Sloops covered initially by HM
Cruiser PHOEBE and later by HM Cruiser CEYLON to
intercept Japanese craft carrying out
supply
and evacuation of Andamans
July
Deployed
for
patrol in Malacca Strait for support
of minesweeping operations. (Operation
COLLIE: See above references).
August
Nominated
for
support of allied landings in Malaya. (Operation
ZIPPER: This landing operation planned
to take place before surrender of
Japan was
postponed because of indecision in
London and US
insistence. See above references and Supreme
Commander SEAC Final Report, Section E
(HMSO).)
Joined
escort for assault convoy for landings
in southern Malaya.
P
o s
t W a r
N o t e s
HMIS
GODAVARI
was deployed after VJ-Day
for support of repatriation of
allied personnel from
Dutch East Indies and later for
patrol duties with other RIN
ships. She returned to Bombay later
in 1945 and was deployed with a
RIN
Flotilla. On
partition in 1947 this ship was
transferred to Pakistan and was
renamed PS SIND.
She was retained in commission until
1959 when sold
for breaking-up locally.
Addendum
CONVOY
ESCORT MOVEMENTS
of HMIS GODAVERI
by
Don Kindell
These
convoy lists have not been
cross-checked with the text above
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Date
convoy sailed
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Joined
convoy as escort
|
Convoy No.
|
Left
convoy
|
Date
convoy arrived
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17/09/43
|
17/09/43
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OS
055KM
|
28/09/43
|
28/09/43
|
28/09/43
|
28/09/43
|
KMS
027G
|
29/09/43
|
29/09/43
|
04/10/43
|
04/10/43
|
MKS
026G
|
05/10/43
|
05/10/43
|
05/10/43
|
05/10/43
|
SL
137MK
|
17/10/43
|
17/10/43
|
15/12/43
|
20/12/43
|
OS
062KM
|
22/12/43
|
02/01/44
|
14/03/44
|
14/03/44
|
KMF
029B
|
22/03/44
|
22/03/44
|
04/03/44
|
23/03/44
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UGS
035
|
31/03/44
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31/03/44
|
19/04/44
|
19/04/44
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AB
038A
|
25/04/44
|
25/04/44
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30/04/44
|
30/04/44
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PB
076B
|
02/05/44
|
02/05/44
|
03/05/44
|
03/05/44
|
BA
069A
|
09/05/44
|
09/05/44
|
11/05/44
|
11/05/44
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AB
039B
|
16/05/44
|
16/05/44
|
16/06/44
|
16/06/44
|
AP
072
|
23/06/44
|
23/06/44
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(Note
on Convoys)