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HMS Achates |
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HMS Achates Laid Down : 11th September 1928 Launched : 4th October 1929 Completed : 27th March 1930 Type : Destroyer Class : A Builder : Scotts Country : UK Pennants : H12 Fate : Sunk 31st December 1942. |
She entered service in the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in March 1930, operating in the Mediterranean until March 1937 when she returned to the United Kingdom, operating there until the outbreak of war. Then she joined the Portsmouth Command, and later operated in the North Sea and North Atlantic. On 25th July 1941 she hit a mine off the south-east coast of Iceland. The mine explosion blew off the bows of the ship as far back as the foremost gun, but she remained afloat. She was eventually towed back to the River Tyne where she was repaired, a process that took 8 months. When she rejoined the Fleet, she operated mainly in the Arctic, although she also took part in Operation TORCH, the invasion of North Africa in October 1942. |
In December 1942 she formed part of the escort for a convoy to Russia. On 31st December, the convoy was well to the north of Norway when two German heavy cruisers, ADMIRAL HIPPER and LÃœTZOW attacked it. The destroyers escorting the convoy fought off the cruisers and prevented them damaging the merchant ships of the convoy. The Germans were then driven off by two smaller British cruisers. This was known as the Battle of the Barents Sea. During this battle, ADMIRAL HIPPER hit ACHATES with several large shells, causing heavy damage, whilst ACHATES was protecting the convoy. Despite efforts by her crew to save her, the destroyer sank soon after midday. |
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HMS Achates, May 1938. |
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Timeline Entries : | |||
6th March 1928 - Ordered at John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) 11th September 1928 - Laid down 4th October 1929 - Pennant Number H12 4th October 1929 - Pennant H12 4th October 1929 - Launched 27th March 1930 - Commissioned 1st May 1930 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla 1st May 1930 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla 1st May 1930 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 29th January 1932 - Arrived Malta 22nd April 1932 - Arrived Malta 22nd April 1932 - Lt. Cmdr. C. J. L. Bittleston, DSO in Command 1st October 1932 - Lt. Cmdr. C. J. L. Bittleston, DSO in Command 1st October 1932 - Captain (D). Captain R. B. T. Miles 1st October 1932 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla. Mediterranean Fleet 14th January 1933 - Arrived Port Drepano 14th 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 Rimini 5th August 1933 - Arrived Kotor 2nd December 1933 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 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 for Gibraltar 23rd March 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 27th March 1934 - Arrived Leghorn 23rd April 1934 - Arrived St. Raphael 24th April 1934 - Sailed St. Raphael for Malta 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 1st September 1934 - Arrived Trieste 10th September 1934 - Arrived Brieni 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 22nd April 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar for Home Ports 22nd April 1935 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla 25th April 1935 - Arrived Plymouth 17th November 1935 - Arrived Port Said 3rd April 1936 - Arrived Gibraltar and sailed for the UK 24th September 1936 - Sailed Plymouth for Gibraltar 24th September 1936 - Sailed Gibralta for Plymouth 6th October 1936 - Sailed Marseilles 10th October 1936 - Sailed Marseilles 13th January 1937 - Arrived Malaga 13th January 1937 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malaga 5th March 1937 - Sailed Gibraltar for Plymouth 26th October 1937 - Parent ship of the 1st Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland 26th October 1937 - Cdr. H.J. Haynes in Command 10th June 1938 - 1st Anti Submarine Flotilla 10th June 1938 - Cdr. H.J. Haynes in Command 10th June 1938 - Arrived Torbay 14th June 1938 - Arrived Dartmouth 14th June 1938 - Sailed Torbay 18th June 1938 - Sailed Dartmouth 27th June 1938 - Cdr. G.F. Stevens-Guille in Command 1st January 1939 - 18th Destroyer Flotilla 1st January 1939 - 18th Destroyer Flotilla 1st January 1939 - 18th Destroyer Flotilla 1st April 1939 - Arrived Sheerness 26th April 1939 - Arrived Portland 26th May 1939 - Cdr. Robert James Gardner in Command 26th May 1939 - Lt.Cdr. Robert James Gardner, RN 26th May 1939 - Lt.Cdr. Robert James Gardner, RN in Command 8th June 1939 - Arrived Portland 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 3rd September 1939 - 16th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 36 Portsmouth Command 3rd September 1939 - At Portland 12th October 1939 - Submarine hunting off Newhaven 16th October 1939 - Sailed Southampton escorting Convoy SA.13 1st December 1939 - Searched for two Submarines East of 50-17N, 4-35W 3rd December 1939 - Searched for a submarine contact 9 miles SW of St Catherines 3rd December 1939 - Withdrew from Submarine search 29th December 1939 - Lt. Cmdr. A.H.T. Johns in Command 14th January 1940 - Sailed Plymouth Escorting HMS Royal Sovereign 16th January 1940 - Detached from HMS Royal Sovereign 9th February 1940 - Stood by damaged steamer Cree 21st February 1940 - Sailed Portsmouth to search for a submarine ten miles south of Beachy Head 2nd March 1940 - Went to assist steamer Domala, being attacked by aircraft 10th August 1940 - Lt.Cdr. Robert William Jocelyn in Command 10th August 1940 - Lt.Cdr. Viscount Jocelyn, RN in Command 10th August 1940 - Lt.Cdr. Robert William Jocelyn, RN (aka the Viscount Jocelyn) in Command 10th March 1942 - Lt.Cdr. Arthur Andre Tait, RN in Command 10th March 1942 - Lt.Cdr. Arthur Andre Tait, RN in Command 10th May 1942 - Lt.Cdr. Arthur Andre Tait in Command 30th June 1942 - Lt.Cdr. Arthur Henry Tyndall Johns, DSO, RN in Command 21st July 1942 - Lt.Cdr. Arthur Henry Tyndall Johns, DSO, RN in Command 31st December 1942 - Sunk |
Database Currently Holds : 6284 ships and 6289 crew!
Last edited : 20:16, November 24, 2010
By : tjstoneman
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