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HMS Harrier Laid Down : 11th July 1933 Launched : 17th April 1934 Completed : 9th November 1934 Type : Minesweeper Class : Halcyon Builder : Thornycroft Country : UK Pennants : J71, N71 Fate : Sold for scrap 6th June 1950. |
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HMS Harrier, 1934. |
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6th January 1934 - Sailed Portland for Chatham 8th February 1934 - Lt. Cdr. J O'B Milner-Barry in Command 17th April 1934 - Launched 9th November 1934 - Commissioned 10th November 1934 - Arrived Sheerness 6th December 1934 - Arrived Chatham 7th December 1934 - Arrived Sheerness 23rd March 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 31st March 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar for Portland 5th April 1935 - Arrived Portland 2nd May 1935 - Cdr. Edmund Geoffrey Abbott in Command 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 30th March 1936 - Sailed Alexandria 23rd April 1936 - Sailed Suez 13th May 1936 - Arrived Sheerness 9th September 1936 - Arrived Portland 22nd July 1937 - Sailed Almeria 24th July 1937 - Arrived Guadalquivir 27th July 1937 - Arrived Cadiz 6th August 1937 - Arrived Malaga 19th January 1938 - Paid off to the Reserve Fleet in the Nore. Became Tender to HMS Cardiff 27th July 1939 - Arrived Harwich 15th August 1939 - Sailed Harwich 3rd September 1939 - 5th Minesweeping Flotilla, Nore Command 29th November 1939 - Laid mines in the Thames approaches 12th January 1940 - Conducted operation PA 1 13th January 1940 - Arrived Rosyth 3rd February 1940 - 15 miles north of Kinnaird Head 4th February 1940 - Arrived Invergordon 21st February 1940 - Sweeping off Wick 20th March 1940 - 5th Mine Sweeping Flotilla 20th March 1940 - Arrived Dover from the Humber 20th October 1943 - Operation FR took place, this was the passage of escorts to North Russia 28th October 1943 - Completed Operation FR July 1950 - Scrapped at Gateshead |
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Last edited : 16:18, March 26, 2011
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First Added : 14:01, February 28, 2011
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