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HMS Bermuda |
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HMS Bermuda Laid Down : 30th November 1939 Launched : 11th September 1941 Completed : 21st August 1942 Type : Cruiser Class : Fiji Builder : John Brown Country : UK Pennants : C52 Fate : Scrapped August 1965 |
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HMS Bermuda Photos for Sale |
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  HMS Bermuda entering Malta Harbour, 9th June 1947. |   HMS Bermuda. (P) |   HMS Bermuda. (P) |
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HMS Bermuda Photos Submitted to the Forum |
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Timeline Entries : | |||
30th November 1939 - Laid down at John Brown Clydebank Shipyard 30th November 1939 - Laid down 11th September 1941 - Pennant Number 52 11th September 1941 - Launched 5th August 1942 - Commissioned 21st August 1942 - Completed 21st August 1942 - At the Cyde 26th August 1942 - Arrived Scapa Flow 14th October 1942 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Joined 10th Cruiser Sqdn 15th October 1942 - Arrived Greenock 30th October 1942 - Arrived Gibraltar 3rd November 1942 - Sailed Gibraltar 7th December 1942 - Arrived Scapa Flow 31st December 1942 - Sailed Scapa Flow 8th January 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 30th January 1943 - At Murmansk 1st February 1943 - Sailed Murmansk 5th February 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 1st March 1943 - At Scapa Flow 2nd March 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 3rd March 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 3rd March 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 5th March 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 6th March 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 7th March 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 10th March 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 10th March 1943 - Sailed Reykjavik 13th March 1943 - AA Lookout Ship 16th March 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 18th March 1943 - Arrived Reykjavik 20th March 1943 - A/S Exercising 21st March 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 28th March 1943 - Patrolled between Faeroes and Iceland after reports of German ships Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Lutzow at Sea 2nd April 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 9th April 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Plymouth 12th April 1943 - Arrived Plymouth for docking 21st April 1943 - Out od dock 26th April 1943 - Sailed Plymouth 1st May 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 2nd May 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow to cover minelaying operations 6th May 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 13th May 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 13th May 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 20th May 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 21st May 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 25th May 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 26th May 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 27th May 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow for the Clyde 28th May 1943 - Anchored off Greenock 31st May 1943 - Sailed Greenock for Akureyri, Iceland 1st June 1943 - Anchored Eyla Bay 7th June 1943 - Sailed Eyla Bay 10th June 1943 - Patrolled off Barentsburg 10th June 1943 - Anchored off Barentsburg 12th June 1943 - Sailed Batentsburg 14th June 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 15th June 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 16th June 1943 - Anchored Greenock 17th June 1943 - Sailed Greenock 20th June 1943 - Arrived Gibraltar Sailed same day 21st June 1943 - Arrived Algiers sailed same day 22nd June 1943 - Arrived Gibraltar 23rd June 1943 - Sailed Gibraltar 25th June 1943 - Arrived Plymouth 30th June 1943 - Sailed Plymouth 1st July 1943 - Convoy cover patrol Biscay 7th July 1943 - Arrived Plymouth Sound. Sailed same day 9th July 1943 - On Biscay patrol 15th July 1943 - Arrived Plymouth Sound. Sailed same day 17th July 1943 - Sailed Plymouth 20th July 1943 - Screening Convoy MKF18 23rd July 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 27th July 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 28th July 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 5th August 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow to escort Queen Mary from the Clyde to New York 7th August 1943 - Detached Queen Mary returned to Scapa Flow 8th August 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 10th August 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow to cover Convoy OS53 17th August 1943 - Arrived Plymouth Sound then to Plymouth 20th August 1943 - Sailed Plymouth for Atlantic/Biscay patrol 27th August 1943 - Arrived Plymouth Sound 28th August 1943 - Sailed Plymouth 1st September 1943 - Secured to Buoy at Plymouth 4th September 1943 - Sailed Plymouth for Biscay patrol 12th September 1943 - Arrived Plymouth 25th September 1943 - Sailed Plymouth for Biscay patrol 3rd October 1943 - Arrived Plymouth 6th October 1943 - Sailed Plymouth 7th October 1943 - Arrived on patro; Patrol (Stonewall Area) 14th October 1943 - Arrived Plymouth 17th October 1943 - Sailed Plymouth for patrol 24th October 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 5th November 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow and arrived same day 9th November 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow and arrived same day 16th November 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 17th November 1943 - Arrived Seidisfjord, Iceland 18th November 1943 - Sailed Seidisfjord, Iceland. Cover for Convoy JW54A 23rd November 1943 - Anchored in Vaenga Bay, Kola Inlet 27th November 1943 - Cover for Convoy RA54B 4th December 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 7th December 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow for the Clyde 8th December 1943 - Anchored at Greenock 9th December 1943 - Alongside KGV Dock for docking 22nd December 1943 - Sailed Greenock 23rd December 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 1944 - Commenced refit 12th January 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow to cover Convoy JW.56A for Kola 20th January 1944 - Anchored Akureyri 23rd January 1944 - Sailed Akureyri 28th January 1944 - Anchored Akureyri 3rd February 1944 - Sailed Akureyri 9th February 1944 - Arrived Scapa Flow 11th February 1944 - Capt. J. S. Bethell in Command 17th February 1944 - Sailed Scapa Floww for evolutions. Returned same day 24th February 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow Returned same day 8th March 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow for exercises 9th March 1944 - Anchored Loch Ewe 12th March 1944 - Sailed Loch Ewe. Arrived Scapa flow later same day 16th March 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Returned same day 27th March 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow 28th March 1944 - Anchored entrance to the River Tyne 29th March 1944 - Moved to Tyne Commission Quay North Shields 4th April 1944 - Entered Middle Dock, South Shields 4th April 1944 - 10th Cruiser Squadron 15th May 1944 - Repaired completed at South Shields 19th May 1944 - At Rosyth 20th May 1944 - Arrived Scapa Flow 2nd June 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow 3rd June 1944 - Arrived Scapa Flow 9th June 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Arrived back same day 10th June 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow 11th June 1944 - Arrived Scapa Flow 16th June 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Arrived back same day 21st June 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Arrived back same day 22nd June 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow 23rd June 1944 - Arrived Scapa Flow 28th June 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Arrived back same day 29th June 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow 30th June 1944 - At the Clyde. Long refit 30th June 1944 - Arrived Greenock for refit 17th July 1944 - Moved to John Browns Clydebank to commence Long Refit November 1944 - Capt. J. S. Bethell, CBE November 1944 - British Pacific Fleet 1945 - Completed refit 4th January 1945 - Arrived Timber Wharf Darwin for refuelling. Sailed same day 27th March 1945 - Completed refit 11th April 1945 - Sailed the Clyde 12th April 1945 - Arrived Scapa Flow for work up May 1945 - Sailed UK 3rd May 1945 - Sailed Scapa Flow 8th May 1945 - Passed Gibraltar 10th May 1945 - Arrived Malta 17th May 1945 - Sailed Malta. Anchored Marsaxlokk 18th May 1945 - Sailed Marsaxlokk. Anchored Marsaxlokk 19th May 1945 - Sailed Marsaxlokk. Anchored Marsaxlokk 21st May 1945 - Sailed Malta. Arrived back same day 25th May 1945 - Sailed Malta. Later anchored St Paul's Bay 26th May 1945 - Sailed St. Paul's Bay. Later Anchored Marsaxlokk 27th May 1945 - Sailed Marsaxlokk. Arrived Marsaxlokk then sailed 6th June 1945 - Sailed Malta 9th June 1945 - Arrived Alexandria 11th June 1945 - Sailed Alexandria 12th June 1945 - Passage through Suez Canal 16th June 1945 - Arrived Aden 17th June 1945 - Sailed Aden 22nd June 1945 - Arrived Colombo 24th June 1945 - Sailed Colombo 1st July 1945 - Arrived Fremantle 2nd July 1945 - Sailed Fremantle 7th July 1945 - Arrived Sydney 7th July 1945 - Arrived Sydney 16th July 1945 - Sailed Sydney for Jervis Bay 17th July 1945 - Anchored Jervis Bay 18th July 1945 - Sailed Jervis Bay. Returned later that day 20th July 1945 - Sailed Jervis Bay. Returned later that day 23rd July 1945 - Sailed Jervis Bay. Returned later that day 24th July 1945 - Sailed Jervis Bay 25th July 1945 - Submarine exercises off Jervis Bay. Anchored Jervis Bay 27th July 1945 - Sailed Jervis Bay 28th July 1945 - Exercises off Jervis Bay. Anchored Jervis Bay 29th July 1945 - Sailed Jervis Bay 30th July 1945 - Arrived Sydney 15th August 1945 - Sailed Sydney 15th August 1945 - Sailed Sydney 20th August 1945 - Arrived Manus. Sailed Same day 23rd August 1945 - Arrived Leyte 3rd September 1945 - Sailed Leyte. Arrived back later same day Leyte 4th September 1945 - Sailed Leyte 6th September 1945 - Arrived Kiirun Formosa 11th September 1945 - Sailed Kiirun Formosa 18th September 1945 - Anchored Woosung Flats Shanghai 19th September 1945 - Sailed Woosung Flats Shanghai for Tsingtao 22nd November 1945 - Sailed Tsingtao 25th November 1945 - Anchored in Hong Kong Harbour 12th December 1945 - Sailed Hong Kong for exercises. Anchored Long Harbour 14th December 1945 - Sailed Hong Kong for exercises. Anchored Tolo Harbour 17th December 1945 - Sailed Hong Kong for exercises. Anchored Hong Kong Harbour 7th January 1946 - Anchored off Wusung. Weighed to Shanghai 9th January 1946 - Weighed anchore. Entered Yangtse-Kiang 12th January 1946 - Secured on No1 Buoy Farm Cove, Sydney 3rd February 1946 - Sailed Sydney for Jervis Bay 7th February 1946 - Arrived Hobart 14th February 1946 - Sailed Hobart 16th February 1946 - Arrived No3 Buoy Port Jackson Sydney 17th February 1946 - Capt. C. D. Howard-Johnston in Command 20th February 1946 - Sailed Sydney 21st February 1946 - Anchored Mud Island, Brisbane 22nd February 1946 - Sailed Mud Island, Brisbane 28th February 1946 - Anchored Berth A2 Darwin 1st March 1946 - Sailed Darwin 11th March 1946 - Arrived Junk Bay, Hong Kong 16th May 1946 - Sailed Hong Kong 20th May 1946 - Anchored in Long Harbour 21st May 1946 - Sailed Long Harbour. Anchored Mirs Bay later same day 22nd May 1946 - Sailed Mirs Bay 23rd May 1946 - Anchored Tolo Channel 24th May 1946 - Sailed Mirs Bay. Returned later in day 25th May 1946 - Sailed Mirs Bay. Arrived Hong Kong later same day 27th May 1946 - Exercising off Hong Kong. Anchored Tolo Channel later in day 27th May 1946 - Sailed Hong Kong 28th May 1946 - Sailed Tolo Channel 29th May 1946 - Anchored Junk Bay Sailed same day. Anchored Mirs Bay 30th May 1946 - Sailed Mirs Bay 4th June 1946 - Sailed Hong Kong 11th June 1946 - Arrived Shanghai 14th June 1946 - Sailed Shanghai 17th June 1946 - Anchored of Tsingtao 22nd June 1946 - Sailed Tsingtao 23rd June 1946 - Anchored at Chemulpho 27th June 1946 - Sailed Chemulpho 29th June 1946 - Anchored at Fukuoka 2nd July 1946 - Sailed Fukuoka 8th July 1946 - Sailed Fukuoka 10th July 1946 - Arrived Yokohama 22nd July 1946 - Sailed Yokohama 27th July 1946 - Arrived Hong Kong 3rd August 1946 - Sailed Hong Kong 13th August 1946 - Entered basalisk Channel 18th August 1946 - Arrived Sydney 3rd September 1946 - Sailed Sydney 5th September 1946 - Arrived Melbourne 9th September 1946 - Sailed Melbourne 11th September 1946 - Arrived Port Adelaide 14th September 1946 - Sailed Port Adelaide 16th September 1946 - Arrived Sydney 24th September 1946 - Sailed Sydney 29th September 1946 - Arrived Port Moresby. Sailed same day 8th October 1946 - Arrived Hong Kong 14th November 1946 - Sailed Hong Kong 19th November 1946 - Arrived Yokohama 25th November 1946 - Sailed Yokohama 27th November 1946 - Arrived Kure 11th December 1946 - Sailed Kure 12th December 1946 - Arrived Kochi. Sailed same day 13th December 1946 - Arrived Yokohama 17th December 1946 - Sailed Yokohama 22nd December 1946 - Arrived Hong Kong 23rd December 1946 - Sailed Hong Kong to assist SS Roebuck 27th December 1946 - Arrived Hong Kong 27th January 1947 - Sailed Hong Kong. Anchored Junk Bay later 1st February 1947 - Arrived Hong Kong 10th February 1947 - Sailed to Crooked Harbour, Moored ship, Unmoored and moved to anchor 13th February 1947 - Sailed Crooked Harbour for Hong Kong 18th February 1947 - Entered No.1 Dock Hing Kong 15th March 1947 - Sailed Hong Kong for Yokohama 20th March 1947 - Arrived Yokohama 30th March 1947 - Sailed Yokohama 1st April 1947 - Arrived Kure 27th April 1947 - Sailed Shanghai for Hong Kong 1st May 1947 - Arrived Hong Kong 10th May 1947 - Sailed Hong Kong 10th May 1947 - Sailed Hong Kong for UK 15th May 1947 - Arrived Singapore 16th May 1947 - Sailed Singapore 21st May 1947 - Arrived Trincomalee 23rd May 1947 - Sailed Trincomalee 30th May 1947 - Arrived Aden 1st June 1947 - Sailed Aden 4th June 1947 - Arrived Port Suez 5th June 1947 - Sailed Port Suez. Passage through Suez Canal 9th June 1947 - Arrived Malta 11th June 1947 - Sailed Malta 14th June 1947 - Arrived Gibraltar 15th June 1947 - Sailed Gibraltar 19th June 1947 - Arrived Plymouth 24th July 1947 - Sailed Plymouth 25th July 1947 - Arrived Sheerness. Then to Chatham for refit 15th August 1947 - Sailed Kure 17th August 1947 - Arrived Shanghai 1st January 1948 - In reserve 1st January 1949 - In reserve 1st January 1950 - In reserve 29th September 1950 - Underwent basin trials 2nd October 1950 - Capt. H G Scott DSC RN in Command 23rd October 1950 - Sailed Plymouth. Arrived Weymouth Bay 30th November 1950 - Sailed Malta 7th December 1950 - Arrived and sailed Freetown 11th December 1950 - Arrived Simonstown 4th January 1951 - Sailed Simonstown 5th January 1951 - Arrived Simonstown for docking down 13th February 1951 - Out of dry dock 27th February 1951 - Sailed Simonstown 1st March 1951 - Arrived East London 5th March 1951 - Sailed East London for Port Elizabeth. Arrived same day 9th March 1951 - Sailed Port Elizabeth for Durban 14th March 1951 - Arrived Durban 19th March 1951 - Sailed Durban 21st March 1951 - Arrived Simonstown 11th April 1951 - Sailed Simonstown for exercises. Returned same day 8th June 1951 - Capt. H P Currey OBE in Command 19th June 1951 - Sailed Simonstown for Durban 19th June 1951 - Sailed Simonstown 22nd June 1951 - Arrived Durban 22nd June 1951 - Arrived Durban 16th July 1951 - Sailed Durban 16th July 1951 - Sailed Durban 21st July 1951 - Arrived Diego Suarez 28th July 1951 - Sailed Diego Suarez 1st August 1951 - Arrived Lourenco Marques 7th August 1951 - Sailed Lourenco Marques 8th August 1951 - Arrived Durban and sailed for East London 16th August 1951 - Arrived Simonstown 24th September 1951 - Sailed Siminstown 23rd October 1951 - Sailed Simonstown 29th October 1951 - Arrived Luanda 1st November 1951 - Sailed Luanda 4th November 1951 - Arrived Lagos 12th November 1951 - Sailed Lagos 17th November 1951 - Sailed Takoradi 21st November 1951 - Arrived Dakar 28th November 1951 - Sailed Dakar 5th December 1951 - Sailed Freetown 19th December 1951 - Arrived Simonstown 14th August 1953 - Sailed Malta 14th August 1953 - Capt. G.H. Collett in Command 3rd May 1954 - At Malta for the visit of Queen Elizabeth 17th June 1954 - Exercising off Lebanon 17th June 1954 - Flagship of Vice-Admiral J.P.L. Reid 15th October 1954 - Review in the Presence of the Emperor of Ethiopia February 1958 - At Bermuda July 1959 - At Hamilton, Bermuda 9th February 1962 - Arrived Bermuda 12th February 1962 - Sailed Bermuda July 1962 - Decommissioned 1965 - Broken up | |||
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Last edited : 19:37, December 27, 2010
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