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HMS Intrepid - World Naval Ships Directory

HMS Intrepid
Name : HMS Intrepid
Laid Down : 13th January 1936
Launched : 17th December 1936
Completed : 29th July 1937
Type : Destroyer
Class : I
Builder : White
Country : UK
Pennants : D10, I10
Fate : Sunk 26th September 1943.

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HMS Intrepid, May 1937.

Timeline Entries :


10th April 1934 - Arrived St. Raphael
13th January 1936 - Laid down
17th December 1936 - Launched
17th December 1936 - Pennant D10
17th December 1936 - Pennant D10
10th December 1937 - Sailed Oran for Gibraltar
January 1938 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean Fleet
2nd April 1938 - Arrived Marseilles
8th April 1938 - Arrived Toulon
11th April 1938 - Sailed Marseilles for Barcelona
19th April 1938 - Arrived Gibraltar
27th April 1938 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta
29th July 1938 - Arrived Triester
8th August 1938 - Cdr. John William Josselyn, RN In Command
6th March 1939 - Arrived Palma
21st March 1939 - Sailed Spain
23rd March 1939 - Arrived Malta
1st September 1939 - Escorted Icarus to Alexandria after Collision
2nd September 1939 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Division 6, Mediterranean Fleet
2nd September 1939 - Sailed Alexandria for patrol off Crete
4th September 1939 - Arrived Malta
5th September 1939 - Sailed Malta for the North Atlantic Command based at Gibraltar
7th September 1939 - Despatched to Western Approaches Command
1st October 1939 - Sailed Southampton escorting convoy DB.10 to Brest
2nd October 1939 - Arrived Brest with convoy DB.10
13th October 1939 - Sailed Plymouth
14th October 1939 - Assisted in Sinking U.45 south of Ireland
14th October 1939 - Sank U-45
14th October 1939 - Escorting Kingston on Jamaica/UK convoy KJ3
16th October 1939 - Attacked a submarine contact in 49.42N, 9.59E
18th October 1939 - Assisted Steamer Imperial Star which was attacked by a U-boat, 60 miles west of the Scillies
19th October 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe for duty with the Home Fleet
22nd October 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe to cover the movement of Convoy NV.1
31st October 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe
2nd November 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe for Convoy Cover
6th November 1939 - Arrived at Scapa Flow, and after refuelling, departed for Plymouth
11th November 1939 - Arrived Plymouth. Sailed later same day
12th November 1939 - Anchored in the Medway
13th November 1939 - Arrived Chatham for conversion to minelaying destroyers
28th November 1939 - Cdr. Roderick Cosmo Gordon, RN In Command
30th November 1939 - At Chatham refitting
3rd December 1939 - Refitting to minelaying destroyer
4th December 1939 - Attached to the 20th Flotilla
4th December 1939 - Conversions completed Saileded Chatham for Sheerness
9th December 1939 - Refitting to minelaying destroyer Complete
14th December 1939 - Formed 20th Destroyer Flotilla
17th December 1939 - Anti-submarine sweep from the Thames entrance to Yarmouth
18th December 1939 - Arrived back in the Thames
28th December 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth
30th December 1939 - Laid minefield LA east of the Farne Islands in the North Sea
2nd January 1940 - Sailed Immingham to countermine a German minefield in the Heligoland Bight
10th January 1940 - Laid small minefield IE-1 in channels through the German minefields in the Heligoland Bight
13th January 1940 - Laid minefield IE-2 in the German channels of the West Wall minefield in the Heligoland Bight
14th January 1940 - Arrived the Humber
16th January 1940 - Conducted minelaying operation IE-3 in the North Sea, but it was cancelled due to bad weather
3rd February 1940 - Arrived in the Humber after Minelaying Operation JB in the North Sea
8th February 1940 - Arrived Rosyth
8th February 1940 - Arrived Rosyth
12th February 1940 - Relieved destroyer HMS Griffin on patrol in Moray Firth
14th February 1940 - Sailed Rosyth on Operation DT
14th February 1940 - Cdr. R.C. Gordon in Command
18th February 1940 - Hunted a submarine in the Forth of Forth
19th February 1940 - Arrived at Rosyth after a submarine hunt.
20th February 1940 - Sailed Rosyth for Scapa Flow to operate under the Orkneys and Shetlands Command.
21st February 1940 - Searched for a submarine contact reported by aircraft
24th February 1940 - Arrived at Invergordon.
26th February 1940 - Submarine hunting in Moray Firth
4th March 1940 - Sailed Aberdeen to investigate a submarine contact six miles NE of Aberdeen
4th March 1940 - Arrived Aberdeen to patrol
7th March 1940 - Made attacks on a contact sighted by aircraft ESE of Noss Head
8th March 1940 - Arrived Invergordon
12th March 1940 - Submarine hunting in Moray Firth after a report by a British aircraft
12th March 1940 - Searched for submarine reported by aircraft east of South Ronaldsay
14th March 1940 - Arrived Invergordon from patrol.
16th March 1940 - Sailed Invergordon to patrol in Moray Firth
17th March 1940 - Collided with and sank a British Trawler
17th March 1940 - Collided with and sank Trawler Ocean Drift. Proceeded to Invergordon for repairs
18th March 1940 - Sailed Invergordon for Southbank for repairs
1st April 1940 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla, 40th Division
1st April 1940 - Cdr. R.C. Gordon in Command
1st April 1940 - Repairing at Middlesborough
28th April 1940 - Completed collision repairs at Southbank
16th September 1941 - Lt.Cdr. John Hugh Lewes, DSC, RN In Command
1st March 1942 - Escort for Russian Convoy PQ 12 and return QP 08 to Iceland
June 1942 - Cdr. Charles Arthur de Winton Kitcat, RN In Command
26th September 1943 - Sunk

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Magdeburg, Germany, 10th April 1945. Attacking from behind and above, ObLt.Walter Schuck, Staffelkapitain of 3./JG7, ripped through the massed boxes of 8th Airforce B17s, downing four in a single high speed pass.

Deadly Pass by David Pentland. (P)
Half Price! - £275.00 		In the narrow valley dominated by the 3000 metre high Mt Glärnish the Patrouille Suisse Tigers line up over the runway of the satellite airfield of Mollis as solo Paul Thoma streaks underneath in the dramatic <i>Tunnel</i> manoeuvre.

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Red Stars Over Berlin, 12th August 1941 by David Pentland.
Half Price! - £35.00 		On 31st August 1944, 6 Mosquitoes of 305 Polish Squadron, Lasham, 2nd TAF were led by Wing Commander Orlinski to attack oil refineries at Nomexy, south of Nancy, France. Diving down and releasing their bombs before escaping at tree top height they destroyed 4 large containers and several smaller ones. All aircraft safely returned after their four and a half hour sortie. Fl Lt Eric Atkins DFC(bar) KW(bar) and his navigator Fl Lt Majer can be seen exiting the area to reform on the other 3 Mosquitoes who have already finished their bombing run. This was Atkins 61st operation, finishing the war with 78 ops over 3 tours.

Mosquito Attack by Graeme Lothian. (Y)
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Flying Officer Eric Loveland and his navigator Sergeant Jack Duffy of No.68 Squadron intercept a German Ju88 intruder on the night of March 17th 1945.

Moonlight Serenade by Troy White.
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No Way Back by Ivan Berryman.
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Desert Prang by Geoff Lea.
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Black Cat Rescue by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y)
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The heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen slips quietly through the waters of Kiel Harbour as one of her own Arado Ar.196s flies overhead. In the background, Bismarck, wearing her Baltic camouflage, is alongside taking on supplies.

Prinz Eugen by Ivan Berryman.
Half Price! - £15.00 		Grand Harbour, Malta, April 1932. The R-Class battleship HMS Revenge slips majestically past the carrier HMS Furious as she lies at anchor as three of her Fairey IIIFs fly overhead on a routine training sortie.

HMS Furious with HMS Revenge by Ivan Berryman. (Y)
Half Price! - £50.00 		HMS Broadsword and the aircraft carrier Hermes battle their way through the storm on their way to the Battle for the Falklands.

Storm Force to the Falklands by Anthony Saunders (Y)
Half Price! - £50.00 		In the spring of 1942, USS Washington was the first of Americas fast battleship fleet to participate in combat operations when she was briefly assigned to the Royal Navy. On 28th June 1942, together with HMS Duke of York, HMS Victorious and an accompanying cruiser and destroyer force, she formed part of the distant covering force to convoy PQ17, bound for Russia. In the Pacific later that same year, she became the only modern US battleship to engage an enemy capital ship, sinking the Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima.

Arctic guardian - USS Washington by Anthony Saunders
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The pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, leaves Portsmouth on her way to the Fleet Review of King George V in July 1935. HMS Hood is followed by the destroyer HMS Express.

HMS Hood and HMS Express Departing from Portsmouth 1935 by Ivan Berryman. (Y)
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HMS Lion at the Battle of Jutland by Ivan Berryman (AP)
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Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman.
Half Price! - £15.00 		The cruiser HMS Frobisher dominates this scene off Houlgate at the Normandy landings of 1944. The monitor HMS Roberts lies beyond Frobisher with a Large Infantry Landing Ship or LSI (L) unshipping its LCAs on the extreme right of the picture. In the foreground, a motor launch attends a group of LCP (L)s as they head for the French beaches. Two Spitfire Mk.IXs conduct sweeps overhead as Operation Neptune gathers momentum.

HMS Frobisher and HMS Roberts at Normandy by Ivan Berryman (P)
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At 12.30pm on the 21st of October 1805, Admiral Lord Nelson on board his flagship, HMS Victory, breaks the line of the combined French and Spanish fleets. The Victory is delivering a devastating stern rake to the 80 gun French ship Bucentaure, the flagship of the combined fleets, commanded by Vice-Admiral P. C. J. B. S. Villeneuve. Starboard to the Victory is the 74 gun Redoutable. This ship, the Victory and HMS Temeraire, seen left, became locked together soon after, the unequal exchange resulting in the Redoutable having the highest casualties during the entire battle.

Breaking the Line at the Battle of Trafalgar by Graeme Lothian. (AP)
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Napoleon and his Staff by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier.
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King George II Knighting Trooper Brown After the Battle of Dettingen by J P Beadle (B)
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The Great Folly of 1916 by Jason Askew. (P)
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The crack Iron Brigade of Brigadier General Wadsworths 1st Division of the army of the Potomac were the first Infantry unit to arrive on the field of Gettysburg in support of Brigadier General Bufords cavalry division who had stumbled upon General Lees advancing Army of North Virginia. The Brigade suffered 1,200 casualties out of 1800 engaged in the battle.

The Iron Brigade During the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 by Brian Palmer.
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Passage Du Pont de Landshut by Louis Hersent (Battle of Landshut, 21st April 1809) (B)
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William F Cody (Buffalo Bill) by Brian Palmer.
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The Battle of Waterloo, Charge of the Inniskillings by Orlando Norie. (Y)
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Jason Robinson by Robert Highton. (Y)
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Ally McCoist MBE by Scott Bridges.
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Bollocks by Chris Howells.
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Sir Alex Ferguson by Darren Baker.
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