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HMS Bedouin Laid Down : January 1937 Launched : 21st December 1937 Completed : 15th March 1939 Type : Destroyer Class : Tribal Builder : Denny Country : UK Pennants : L67, F67 Fate : Sunk 15th June 1942. | |
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HMS Bedouin, May 1939. | HMS Bedouin, May 1939. |
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13th January 1937 - Laid down 21st December 1937 - Launched 21st December 1937 - Pennant F67 1st March 1939 - Cdr. James Abernethy McCoy, RN In Command 15th March 1939 - Commissioned 12th April 1939 - Arrived Portsmouth 13th April 1939 - Arrived Portland 30th July 1939 - Sailed Sheerness August 1939 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 1st August 1939 - Arrived Invergordon 15th August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for exercises 18th August 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow for refuelling. Departed same day 21st August 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 22nd August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for exercises 24th August 1939 - Sailed Stornoway 31st August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for patrol off the Skagerrak 1st September 1939 - Returned to Scapa Flow for repairs 3rd September 1939 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 12, Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 2nd October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 4th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 8th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 11th October 1939 - Arrive Loch Ewe 12th October 1939 - Submarine hunting off the Hebrides 15th October 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe 23rd October 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe for the Clyde 25th October 1939 - Arrived the Clyde 28th October 1939 - Searched for submarine northwest of the Orkneys 29th October 1939 - After refuelling, Sailed Sullom Voe 1st November 1939 - After refuelling, Sailed Sullom Voe 3rd November 1939 - To rendezvous with light cruiser Glasgow off Stadtlandet in the search for German liner New York 5th November 1939 - Arrived back at Scapa Flow after sustaining severe weather damage 7th November 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Rosyth 8th November 1939 - Arrived Rosyth for boiler cleaning and repairs 11th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth to join the Humber Force at Immingham 12th November 1939 - Detached from the Humber Force 20th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth for Scapa Flow 21st November 1939 - Searched off Fiora for the submarine thought responsible for Belfast mining 23rd November 1939 - Detached to patrol Pentland Firth 23rd November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth for Fair Island Channel. 24th November 1939 - Stationed as a strike force off Utvaer, Norway 4th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde 6th December 1939 - Sailed Belfast 9th December 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 10th December 1939 - Proceeding to the Clyde 11th December 1939 - Sailed Rosyth with tanker Daghestan for Invergordon, then proceeded to Scapa Flow and on to the Clyde 12th December 1939 - Arrived on the Clyde 12th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde to sweep ahead of Canadian troop convoy TC.1 as it approached the British Isles 12th December 1939 - Arrived in the Clyde 17th December 1939 - Arrived Greenock 19th December 1939 - Sailed Greenock to assist in the submarine hunt at 55-30N, 05-00W off Arran 19th December 1939 - Arrived in the Clyde 25th December 1939 - Sailed Greenock 28th December 1939 - Joined Convoy TC 30th December 1939 - Arrived in the Clyde 4th January 1940 - Sailed Greenock on patrol 16th January 1940 - Escorted HMS Kelvin to the Clyde 18th January 1940 - Sailed Rosyth to provide anti-aircraft protection for the merchant ships at Methil 19th January 1940 - Sailed Rosyth 31st January 1940 - At Wallsend under repair 29th February 1940 - Under repair at Wallsend 18th March 1940 - Arrived at Scapa Flow after refitting at Newcastle. 19th March 1940 - Covered Convoys HN.20 and ON.21 and Operation DU Activities 19th March 1940 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla 19th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 26th March 1940 - Attacked a submarine contact ENE of the Faroes 1st April 1940 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla 12th Division 1st April 1940 - Cdr. J.A. McCoy in Command 4th March 1941 - Commando raid on the Loften Islands (Norway) 8th July 1941 - Cdr. Bryan Gouthwaite Scurfield, OBE, RN In Command 1st March 1942 - Escort for Russian Convoy PQ 12 and return QP 08 to Iceland 12th June 1942 - Joined the convoy (Operation Harpoon) for Malta. 15th June 1942 - Damaged by two Italian 6" cruisers 15th June 1942 - Sunk |
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Last edited : 19:58, February 25, 2011
By : jbryce1437
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