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HMS Acasta Laid Down : 13th August 1928 Launched : 8th August 1929 Completed : 14th February 1930 Type : Destroyer Class : A Builder : John Brown Country : UK Pennants : H09 Fate : Sunk 8th June 1940. | |
HMS Acasta, the third ship to bear that name, launched in 1929, was an A-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She served in the Second World War and was sunk on 8 June 1940 in action against the German warships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, while escorting the aircraft carrier Glorious. Glorious and her other escort — Ardent — were also sunk. Acasta proved to be a tough opponent for the larger German ships, laying smoke to hide Glorious and making repeated torpedo and gun attacks. She scored several gun hits and one torpedo hit on Scharnhorst, causing moderate damage to the much larger German vessel. Acasta was finally sunk after roughly two hours of fighting; the battle flag of the Gneisenau was lowered to half mast and her crew brought to attention to honour the brave fight of Acasta and her crew. The damage to the German vessels inflicted by Ardent and Acasta caused them to retire to Trondheim, allowing the safe passage of convoys carrying Allied troops from Norway. Although many of her crew survived to abandon the ship, communication errors meant the British were initially unaware of the sinking. In the end, there was only a single survivor from Acasta; estimates place the number of sailors from Ardent, Acasta and Glorious lost to exposure (rather than direct enemy action) at up to 800. The single survivor from Acasta, Ldg. Seaman Cyril Carter, was rescued by the Norwegian steam merchant Borgund which also saved 38 men from one of Glorious' lifeboats. All 39 men saved by Borgund were set ashore at Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands on 14 June |
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HMS Acasta, July 1935. |
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6th March 1928 - Ordered 13th August 1928 - Laid down at John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) 8th August 1929 - Pennant Number H09 8th August 1929 - Launched 11th February 1930 - Commissioned 11th February 1930 - 1st May 1930 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla. Mediterranean Fleet 29th January 1932 - Arrived Malta 22nd April 1932 - Arrived Malta 22nd April 1932 - Lt. Cmdr. W. J. Phipps in Command 1st October 1932 - Lt. Cmdr. W. J. Phipps in Command 14th January 1933 - Arrived Port Drepano 25th January 1933 - Sailed Port Drepano 25th January 1933 - Arrived Gulf of Patras 1st February 1933 - Arrived Malta 7th March 1933 - Sailed Malta for Pollensa Bay 10th March 1933 - Arrived Palma 28th March 1933 - Sailed Pollensa for Bormes Roads 30th March 1933 - Arrived Bormes Roads 12th April 1933 - Arrived Antibes 24th April 1933 - Sailed Antibes 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 19th July 1933 - Arrived Porto Rose 5th August 1933 - Arrived Kotor 21st November 1933 - Arrived Gibraltar 9th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for cruise 10th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for short winter cruise 10th January 1934 - Arrived Bizerta 25th January 1934 - Arrived Malta 3rd March 1934 - Sailed Malta 3rd March 1934 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 7th March 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 11th March 1934 - In the Atlantic Ocean 11th March 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 16th March 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 23rd March 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 24th March 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 27th March 1934 - Arrived Leghorn 27th March 1934 - Arrived Leghorn 9th April 1934 - Sailed Leghorn 10th April 1934 - Arrived St. Raphael 23rd April 1934 - Arrived St. Raphael 24th April 1934 - Sailed St/ Raphael 24th April 1934 - Sailed St. Raphael for Malta 27th April 1934 - Arrived Malta 19th June 1934 - Arrived Patras 27th June 1934 - Sailed Malta 7th July 1934 - Arrived Argostoli 7th July 1934 - Sailed Patras 16th July 1934 - Sailed Argostoli 18th July 1934 - Arrived Alexandria 29th July 1934 - Sailed Alexandria 30th July 1934 - Arrived Milo August 1934 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla. Mediterranean Fleet 5th August 1934 - Sailed Milo 6th August 1934 - Arrived Navarin 13th August 1934 - Sailed Navarin 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 1st September 1934 - Arrived Trieste 10th September 1934 - Arrived Brieni 29th December 1934 - Arrived Malta 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 22nd April 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar for Home Ports 22nd April 1935 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla 25th April 1935 - Arrived Plymouth 26th August 1936 - Arrived Barcelona 8th September 1936 - Arrived Gibraltar 27th September 1936 - Arrived Cartagena 27th September 1936 - Arrived Cartegena 9th October 1936 - Arrived Malaga 14th January 1937 - Sailed Barcelona 5th March 1937 - Arrived Valencia 24th March 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 24th April 1937 - Sailed Huclva on patrol 1st January 1939 - 18th Destroyer Flotilla 17th January 1939 - Sailed Plymouth for Penzance 19th January 1939 - Arrived St. Ives 20th January 1939 - Arrived Plymouth 20th January 1939 - Arrived Plymouth 11th April 1939 - Arrived Portland 11th April 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portland 13th April 1939 - Arrived Portsmouth August 1939 - Cdr. 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Percy James Oliver in Command 5th August 1939 - Arrived Portland 8th August 1939 - Arrived Weymouth Bay 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 27th August 1939 - Sailed Portland to carry out a reconnaissance in the Western Approaches 28th August 1939 - Arrived Portland 1st September 1939 - Arrived Portland 1st September 1939 - Sailed Portland 3rd September 1939 - Based at Portland 3rd September 1939 - At Portsmouth repairing complete 3rd September 1939 - Completed repairs 7th September 1939 - 18th Flotilla transferred to Western Approaches Command 9th October 1939 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.17 11th October 1939 - Detached from Convoy OA.17 20th October 1939 - Joined Convoy HG.3 21st October 1939 - Detached Convoy HG.3 21st October 1939 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.23 23rd October 1939 - Detached from Convoy OA.23 23rd October 1939 - Assisted Attacking a submarine contact 90° off the Lizard 23rd October 1939 - Missed by a torpedo in 49-48N, 5-22W 24th October 1939 - Searched for a reported submarine in 49-30N, 4-45W 31st October 1939 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.28G 31st October 1939 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.28G 2nd November 1939 - Detached from Convoy OA.28G 5th November 1939 - Searched for suspected submarine 150 miles SW of Ushant 15th November 1939 - Joined Convoy OA.35 18th November 1939 - Conducted a submarine search 150 miles SW of Berehaven. 19th November 1939 - Detached from ConvoyOA.35 19th November 1939 - Joined Convoy HXF.8 from Convoy OA.35 20th November 1939 - Detached from Convoy HXF.8 28th November 1939 - Cdr. 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Charles Eric Glasfurd in Command 2nd December 1939 - Joined Convoy SL.9 6th December 1939 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.48 8th December 1939 - Detached from Convoy OA.48 11th December 1939 - Sailed Plymouth escorting HMS Valiant 12th December 1939 - Arrived Portland escorting HMS Valiant 18th December 1939 - Escorted Convoy OA.55G 21st December 1939 - Detached from Convoy OA.55G 31st December 1939 - At Plymouth repairing 4th January 1940 - Joined Convoy SLF.14 8th January 1940 - Detached from Convoy SLF.14 9th January 1940 - Searched for a submarine contact Southwest of Eddystone in 49-57.8N, 04-32.2W 12th January 1940 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.71 14th January 1940 - Detached from Convoy OA.71 21st January 1940 - Joined Convoy OA.77 24th January 1940 - Detached from Convoy OA.77 27th January 1940 - Sailed Plymouth to escort battleship HMS Revenge 28th January 1940 - Detached from HMS Revenge and met up with HMS Ajax 30th January 1940 - Escorting HMS Ajax to Plymouth 31st January 1940 - Arrived Plymouth after escorting HMS Ajax 11th February 1940 - Sailed Plymouth to search for the German ships which had escaped from Vigo 14th February 1940 - Off southwest of Ireland in screening HMS Exeter 15th February 1940 - Arrived Plymouth 19th February 1940 - Joined Convoy OA.94 20th February 1940 - Detached Convoy OA.94 22nd February 1940 - Joined Convoy HXF.20 22nd February 1940 - Attacked a submarine contact west of Scilly Isle 24th February 1940 - Carried out a search off Cape Clear for U Boat 3rd March 1940 - Sailed Plymouth for the Clyde 3rd March 1940 - Sailed Plymouth for the Clyde 4th March 1940 - Arrived the Clyde 4th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde, after refuelling for Plymouth 4th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde after refuelling for Plymouth 4th March 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde 5th March 1940 - Arrived Plymouth 14th March 1940 - Joined Convoy OA.109 16th March 1940 - Left Convoy OA.109 after it dispersed 19th March 1940 - Joined Convoy HG.22 21st March 1940 - Arrived Liverpool with Convoy HG.22 8th June 1940 - Sunk by German battle cruisers west of Narvik |
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Last edited : 08:09, January 2, 2017
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