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HMS Aberdeen Laid Down : 12th June 1935 Launched : 22nd January 1936 Completed : 17th September 1936 Type : Sloop Class : Grimsby Builder : Devonport Country : UK Pennants : L97, U97 Fate : Sold for scrap 16th December 1948. |
Aberdeen was fitted for use as despatch vessel during construction, and was used by the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet up until the outbreak of World War II. |
On 3 September 1939 Aberdeen was recalled to the UK and deployed with the 1st Escort Division of Western Approaches Command for convoy escort duty in the English Channel and the Southwest Approaches, based at Plymouth. In May 1940 her pennant number was changed from L97 to U97. In June, after the Fall of France, Atlantic convoy traffic was routed further north, and Aberdeen was transferred to Rosyth to escort of convoys in the North Sea and Northwest Approaches. In November she was transferred to the Liverpool Sloop Division for Atlantic convoy escort duty. In June 1941 she was transferred to the 41st Escort Group based at Derry for the defence of convoys between the UK and Freetown. In early 1942 Type 271 radar and HF/DF direction finding equipment was fitted. In October Aberdeen escorted military convoys to Gibraltar in preparation for the landings in North Africa ("Operation Torch"), and on 8 November was deployed off Oran in support of the landings. At the end of the year Aberdeen was refitted at a Tyne shipyard, and the "Hedgehog" anti-submarine mortar was fitted. Aberdeen returned to duty in March 1943, joining the 40th Escort Group and sailing to St. John's, Newfoundland, where she formed part of the escort for Convoy HX229A to the UK. On the return voyage she saw four days of action in the largest convoy battle of the war, as the convoy was continually attacked by U-boats of three "wolfpacks". Aberdeen sustained some damage to her hull by running into ice. After repairs at Liverpool, and the fitting of Type 291 radar and VHF radio communications, Aberdeen was sent to Freetown in June to join West African Command for coastal convoy and local escort duties, not returning to the UK until April 1944. In May another refit was begun, and she sailed to HM Dockyard Bermuda for further work. Repairs were finally completed, and she returned to Freetown in September |
fter VE Day on 8 April 1945 Aberdeen remained at Freetown for local patrol and air sea rescue duties until August, before sailing to Gibraltar to be put into the Reserve. Aberdeen was placed on the Disposal List at the end of 1946. She was towed to Devonport, and sold to the British Iron and Steel Company (BISCO) on 16 December 1948 for breaking-up by Thos W Ward at Hayle, Cornwall, arriving there on 19 January 1949 |
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HMS Aberdeen, May 1937. |
Timeline Entries : | |||
12th June 1935 - Laid down at Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth,U.K.): Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) 22nd January 1936 - Launched 22nd January 1936 - Pennant L97 15th September 1936 - Cdr. C.H. Duffett Assumed Command 15th September 1936 - Commissioned at Plymouth 17th September 1936 - Commissioned 27th September 1936 - Commissioned at Devonport 27th September 1936 - Cdr. C. H. Duffett in Command 7th October 1936 - Arrived Aberdeen 12th October 1936 - Sailed Aberdeen 15th October 1936 - Arrived Plymouth 26th October 1936 - Sailed Plymouth 26th October 1936 - Sailed Plymouth 5th November 1936 - Arrived Malta 17th March 1937 - Arrived Phillipeville 25th March 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 8th April 1937 - Arrived Marseille 8th April 1937 - Arrived Marseilles 19th April 1937 - Arrived Barcelona 26th April 1937 - Sailed Palma for Gibraltar 28th April 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 19th June 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar and sailed for Malta 20th June 1937 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 28th June 1937 - Arrived Malta 29th June 1937 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 10th July 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th July 1937 - Sailed Gibraltar for Valencia 11th January 1938 - Arrived Corfu 9th April 1938 - Arrived Malta 27th April 1938 - Sailed Malta for Zante 29th July 1938 - Arrived Gruz 5th December 1938 - Sailed Marseilles for Malta 7th January 1939 - Detached from Convoy OG.13F 11th January 1939 - Arrived and Sailed Catania for Corfu 19th January 1939 - Arrived Gulf of Arta 22nd January 1939 - Arrived Malta 22nd January 1939 - Arrived Malta 1st March 1939 - Sailed Malta 3rd March 1939 - Arrived Elba 7th March 1939 - Sailed Elba 7th March 1939 - Arrived Leghorn 7th March 1939 - Arrived Leghorn 11th March 1939 - Sailed Leghorn 11th March 1939 - Arrived Rapallo 17th March 1939 - Sailed Rapallo 18th March 1939 - Arrived St. Tropez 23rd March 1939 - Sailed St. Tropez 23rd March 1939 - Arrived Villefranche 5th April 1939 - Cdr. Harry Philip Currey, RN Assumed Command 6th April 1939 - Arrived San Remo 6th April 1939 - Sailed Villefranche 11th April 1939 - Sailed San Remo 13th April 1939 - Arrived Malta 13th May 1939 - Arroved Haifa 14th August 1939 - Arrived Alexandria 29th August 1939 - Arrived Haifa 6th September 1939 - Sailed Haifa 8th October 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar escorting Convoy Green 4 17th October 1939 - Arrived Port Said with Convoy Green 4 7th November 1939 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar escorting Maidstone 10th November 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 12th November 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for England 4th December 1939 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.47 7th December 1939 - Detached from Convoy OA.47 10th December 1939 - Attacked a submarine contact 24 miles 145° from the Owers 21st December 1939 - Attacked a submarine contact 50-06N, 1-54W 22nd December 1939 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.58 25th December 1939 - Detached from Convoy OA.58 30th December 1939 - Escorted Convoy OG.13F 9th January 1940 - Joined Convoy HG.14F 15th January 1940 - Detached from Convoy HG.14F 18th January 1940 - Joined Convoy OG.15F 21st January 1940 - Attacked U.44 150 miles west of Oporto 22nd January 1940 - Joined Convoy HC.16F 23rd January 1940 - Arrived Gibraltar with Convoy OG.15F 27th January 1940 - Detached from Convoy HC.16F 9th February 1940 - Sailed Southampton escorting Convoy AXS.12 11th February 1940 - Arrived Brest with Convoy AXS.12 17th February 1940 - Attacked a contact southwest of Portland Bill 17th February 1940 - Sailed Liverpool escorting Convoy OB.93GF 18th February 1940 - Attacked a submarine contact south of Wolf Rock 19th February 1940 - Escorted Merged Convoy OG.19F 5th March 1940 - Off Beachy Head escorting Convoy HX.20 7th March 1940 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.105G 8th March 1940 - Attacked a submarine contact SW of Portland Bill 3rd October 1940 - Cdr. Bernard Jasper de St. Croix, RN Assumed Command 3rd October 1940 - Cdr. Harry Philip Currey, RN Relinquished Command 26th January 1941 - Cdr. Bernard Jasper de St. Croix, RN Relinquished Command 26th January 1941 - Lt. Stanley Gordon Rivers-Smith, RN Assumed Command 2nd October 1942 - Lt.Cdr. Hugh Day, RN Assumed Command 2nd October 1942 - Lt. Stanley Gordon Rivers-Smith, RN Relinquished Command 31st January 1944 - Lt.Cdr. Hugh Day, RN Relinquished Command 31st January 1944 - Lt.Cdr. Robert William Mayo, RN Assumed Command July 1945 - Lt.Cdr. Robert William Mayo, RN Relinquished Command 16th December 1948 - Sold December 1949 - Scrapped |
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Last edited : 07:15, January 2, 2017
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