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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
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o f P r e - W a r S e r v i c
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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PQ
018
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17/09/42
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21/09/42
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13/09/42
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17/09/42
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QP
014
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21/09/42
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26/09/42
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31/01/42
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31/01/43
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GUF
004
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01/02/43
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13/02/43
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26/02/43
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26/02/43
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GUF
005
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27/02/43
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11/03/43
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02/03/43
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07/03/43
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KMF
010B
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08/03/43
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09/03/43
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17/05/43
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22/05/43
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KMS
014X
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26/05/43
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26/05/43
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12/06/43
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12/06/43
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CE
183
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13/06/43
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13/06/43
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22/11/43
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28/11/43
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JW
054B
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02/12/43
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03/12/43
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26/11/43
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28/11/43
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RA
054B
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03/12/43
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09/12/43
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12/12/43
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15/12/43
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JW
055A
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21/12/43
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22/12/43
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22/12/43
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23/12/43
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RA
055A
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30/12/43
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01/01/44
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(Note
on Convoys)
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