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HMS Encounter |
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HMS Encounter Laid Down : 15th March 1933 Launched : 29th March 1934 Completed : 2nd November 1934 Type : Destroyer Class : E Builder : Hawthorn Leslie Country : UK Pennants : H10 Fate : Sunk 1st March 1942. |
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HMS Encounter, July 1935. |
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29th March 1934 - Pennant H10 29th March 1934 - Launched at Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Newcastle 3rd November 1934 - Arrived Portsmouth 17th November 1934 - Lt. Cdr. J.H. Plumer in Command 17th November 1934 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portland 7th December 1934 - Arrived Portsmouth 8th December 1934 - Completed exercises at Portland 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th January 1935 - Arrived Arosa Bay 20th January 1935 - Sailed Arosa Bay for the West Indies 30th April 1935 - Commissioned for service in the Home Fleet 30th April 1935 - 5th Destroyer Flotilla 19th June 1935 - Arrived Plymouth 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 15th October 1935 - Arrived Grangemouth 21st October 1935 - Sailed Grangemouth 9th September 1936 - Sailed Chatham 10th September 1936 - Arrived Middlesborough 25th September 1936 - Arrived Invergordon 25th September 1936 - Arrived Invergordon 14th January 1937 - Sailed Bilbao 6th March 1937 - Arrived Rio del Barquero 16th March 1937 - Sailed Rio de Barquero for UK 18th March 1937 - Arrived Sheerness 28th April 1937 - Arrived Portland 22nd May 1937 - Arrived Portland 18th June 1937 - Sailed Portland for Kallendborg 28th June 1937 - Arrived Stockholm 11th July 1937 - Arrived Torbay 16th July 1937 - Arrived Portland 20th July 1937 - Sailed Portsmouth for Stranraer 22nd July 1937 - Arrived Stranraer 18th November 1937 - Sailed Sheerness for Portland January 1938 - 5th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 30th March 1938 - Arrived Sheerness 4th April 1938 - Lt.Cdr. Aubrey St. Clair-Ford, RN In Command 1st January 1939 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.6 16th January 1939 - Sailed Sheerness 24th January 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 28th April 1939 - Arrived Portland 1st June 1939 - Sailed Geelong for Sydney 8th June 1939 - Sailed Portland for Newport August 1939 - 7th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 2nd September 1939 - Sailed Portland at 0545 and arrived at Plymouth 2nd September 1939 - Sailed Portland for Plymouth 3rd September 1939 - 12th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 24, Western Approaches Command 9th October 1939 - Departed Bristol Channel escorting Convoy BC.10F 11th October 1939 - Sailed the Loire with Convoy BC.10F 11th October 1939 - Arrived in the Loire with Convoy BC.10F 12th October 1939 - Arrived in the Bristol Channel 31st October 1939 - At Plymouth for repairs 9th November 1939 - Lt.Cdr. Eric Vernon St. John Morgan, RN In Command 14th November 1939 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.35 15th November 1939 - Detached from ConvoyOA.35 19th November 1939 - Searched for submarine off Wicca Cove near St Ives 30th November 1939 - At Plymouth with defects 11th December 1939 - Searched for Submarine 4 miles 45° from Eddystone 12th December 1939 - Arrived Portland escorting HMS Valiant 17th December 1939 - Escorted HMS Woolwich from Rosyth to the Clyde 20th December 1939 - On trials with Submarine H.34 in Pentland Firth 27th December 1939 - Assisted Triumph after being hit by a mine 28th December 1939 - Arrived off May Island in the Firth of Forth 29th December 1939 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.6 1st January 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.6 4th January 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.6 9th January 1940 - Sailed with tanker British Prudence Invergordon for the Tyne 10th January 1940 - Arrived on the Tyne with tanker British Prudence 15th January 1940 - Sailed Methil Escorting a MT convoy to the Tyne 15th January 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy to The Tyne 18th January 1940 - Sailed Methil Escorting a MT convoy to the Tyne 24th January 1940 - Sailed the scene of submarine search off Rattray Head at dusk for Rosyth. 27th January 1940 - With cable ship Royal Scot arrived Rosyth 30th January 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy MT.2 31st January 1940 - Arrived at Rosyth. 1st February 1940 - Sailed Rosyth escorting two Submarines as far as the Longstones 2nd February 1940 - Arrived Rosyth 9th February 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.11 12th February 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.11 17th February 1940 - Escorted two tankers from Rosyth to Aberdeen 17th February 1940 - Sailed Aberdeen escorting two steamers 21st February 1940 - Arrived Rosyth. 23rd February 1940 - Exercised in the Firth of Forth. 27th February 1940 - Searched for U.23 off Duncansby Head 28th February 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.16 2nd March 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.16 2nd March 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.16 5th March 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.16 7th March 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.18 10th March 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.18 10th March 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.18 13th March 1940 - Arrived Methil with the east coast section of Convoy HN.18 15th March 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.20 18th March 1940 - Arrived Bergen 18th March 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.20 20th March 1940 - Left Convoy with ships for the West Coast 20th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow to Skerry Sound to guard the harbour entrance to Scapa Flow 21st March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 21st March 1940 - Sailed into Skerry Sound to guard the eastern entrance to Scapa Flow after a U boat had been fired upon in Holm Sound by the Tower Cliff battery. 21st March 1940 - Diverted to 4¾ miles 40° east of Copinsay to search for submarine 23rd March 1940 - Searched for submarine west of Foula Island 24th March 1940 - Searched for a submarine west of the Orkneys 25th March 1940 - Searched for survivors off N.E. Coast Scotland 25th March 1940 - Left search area for Scapa Flow 1st April 1940 - 12th Destroyer Flotilla, 24th Division 1st April 1940 - Lt. Cdr. E.V. St J. Morgan in Command 6th June 1940 - Joined Convoy ON.7 relieving HMS Eskimo 27th November 1940 - Force H 27th November 1940 - Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia 25th October 1941 - Picked up survivors off HMS Latona North of Bardia 1st March 1942 - Sunk by Japanes Cruisers |
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Last edited : 18:34, March 19, 2011
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First Added : 11:59, December 9, 2010
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