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HMS Berwick |
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HMS Berwick Laid Down : 15th September 1924 Launched : 30th March 1926 Completed : 15th February 1928 Type : Cruiser Class : Kent Builder : Fairfield Country : UK Pennants : 65 Fate : Scrapped 12th July 1948 |
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Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) launched this County class heavy cruiser on 30 March 1926 and she entered service in the Royal Navy on 12 July 1927. When completed BERWICK went to the China Station, where she remained until a temporary detachment to the Mediterranean in 1936. After reconstruction at Chatham between 1937 and 1938, which added more armour and a catapult and hangar for Walrus aircraft, she served on the America and West Indies Station with the 8th Cruiser Squadron until 1939. When World War II started, she served on ocean convoy escort duties, then formed part of Force "F" (with YORK) when hunting groups were formed to find the German raiders. She did not make contact with any raider, but intercepted the mercantile blockade runners WOLFSBURG and URUGUAY in the Denmark Straits during March 1940. | |
On 9 April 1940 she participated in the Norwegian campaign. On completion of naval operations off Norway, she joined Force "H" at Gibraltar arriving on 7 November. On 11 November 1940, BERWICK escorted the carrier ILLUSTRIOUS in the successful raid against the Italian battle fleet in Taranto harbour. Later that month she also escorted convoys between Egypt and Greece. On 24 November 1940 BERWICK went to Freetown, before convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic. While on passage to Gibraltar with other British ships, an Italian Squadron including the battleships VITTORIO VENETO and ANDREA DORIA attempted to engage the British force, resulting in the Battle of Cape Spartivento. In the course of this battle the enemy hit BERWICK twice, killing 7 dead and wounding 9. | |
On 25 December 1940, BERWICK formed apart of the escort to convoy WS.5a, a troop convoy to the Middle East, which the German heavy cruiser ADMIRAL HIPPER attacked off the Canaries. BERWICK engaged the attacker but got the worse of the encounter, sustaining a fair amount of damage. She had to return to Britain for repairs, which lasted until June 1941. | |
When repaired BERWICK joined the Home Fleet and for the remainder of her wartime career escorted convoys to North Russia and operated in the northern North Sea. In February 1942 she escorted the carriers which attacked the German battleship TIRPITZ in her anchorage at Altenfjord. She escorted two more carriers launching air attacks against the TIRPITZ in 1944 and 1945. BERWICK'S last role was to escort carriers that were raiding the Norwegian coast in 1945 After the war she arrived at Hughes Bolkow, Blyth, on 12 July 1948 for breaking up. | |
HMS Berwick Photos for Sale |
  HMS Berwick, fitting out, 1927. |   HMS Berwick, February 1928. |   HMS Berwick, February 1928. |   HMS Berwick, July 1945. |
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Timeline Entries : | |||
15th September 1924 - Laid down 30th March 1926 - Launched 30th March 1926 - Pennant Number 65 30th June 1927 - Arrived at Devonport 1st November 1927 - Commissioned for service with the 5th Cruiser Squadron 15th February 1928 - Completed 31st March 1928 - At Colombo 9th January 1932 - Sailed Shanghai for Hong Kong 9th January 1932 - Capt. C.N. Reyne in Command 3rd February 1932 - Arrived Shanghai 14th March 1932 - Arrived Singapore 16th March 1932 - Sailed Singapore 22nd March 1932 - Arrived Colombo 24th March 1932 - Sailed Colombo 31st March 1932 - Arrived Aden and sailed for Port Said 31st March 1932 - Arrived Aden 1st April 1932 - Sailed Aden 5th April 1932 - Arrived Suez 5th April 1932 - Arrived Suez 6th April 1932 - Arrived Port Said 6th April 1932 - Sailed Suez for Port Said 6th April 1932 - Sailed Suez 6th April 1932 - Arrived Port Said 8th April 1932 - Sailed Port Said for Malta 8th April 1932 - Sailed Port Said 11th April 1932 - Arrived Malta 11th April 1932 - Arrived Malta 15th April 1932 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 15th April 1932 - Sailed Malta 18th April 1932 - Arrived Gibraltar 21st April 1932 - Sailed Gibraltar 25th April 1932 - Arrived Plymouth for refit 25th April 1932 - Arrived Plymouth 25th April 1932 - Arrived Plymouth 1st October 1932 - 5th Cruiser Squadron, China Station 1st October 1932 - Capt. C. G. Sedgwick in Command 16th November 1932 - Sailed Devonport to join the China Sta 19th January 1933 - Arrived Singapore 28th January 1933 - Arrived Hong Kong 29th March 1933 - Sailed Shanghai for Hong Kong 1st April 1933 - Arrived Hong Kong 28th July 1933 - Arrived Dairen 8th August 1933 - Arrived Peitaiho 12th August 1933 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 12th October 1933 - Recommissioned at Plymouth 14th January 1934 - Sailed Hong Kong for Min River 15th January 1934 - Arrived Min River 19th January 1934 - Arrived Hong Kong 15th March 1934 - Capt. C.G. Sedgwick in Command 15th March 1934 - Sailed Hong Kong for Amoy 16th March 1934 - Arrived Amoy 20th March 1934 - Sailed Amoy 22nd March 1934 - Arrived Shanghai 22nd March 1934 - Arrived Shanghai 10th April 1934 - Sailed Shanghai for Nagasaki 10th April 1934 - Sailed Shanghai 12th April 1934 - Arrived Nagasaki 17th April 1934 - Arrived Beppu from Nagasaki 21st April 1934 - Arrived Kobe 30th April 1934 - On the China Station 30th April 1934 - Capt. C.G. Sedgwick in Command 30th April 1934 - Sailed Kobe 6th May 1934 - Sailed Miyajima 7th May 1934 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 7th May 1934 - Capt. C.G. Sedgwick in Command 7th May 1934 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 10th May 1934 - At Wei Hai Wei 26th May 1934 - Capt. C.G. Sedgewick in Command July 1934 - Jul 1934 At Wei Hai Wei 25th July 1934 - Sailed Colombo for Aden 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 20th August 1934 - Passed Gibraltar Westwards 24th November 1934 - Sailed Plymouth for Gibraltar 29th November 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 3rd December 1934 - Arrived Malta 6th December 1934 - Sailed Malta 10th December 1934 - Arrived Port Said 11th December 1934 - Sailed Port Said 11th December 1934 - Arrived Suez and sailed for Aden 16th December 1934 - Arrived Aden 18th December 1934 - Sailed Aden for Colombo 3rd January 1935 - Arrived Singapore 8th April 1935 - Sailed Hong Kong 9th April 1935 - Arrived Amoy 30th July 1935 - Sailed Dairen for Chinwangtao 31st July 1935 - Arivied Chinwangtao 26th December 1935 - Arrived Colombo 28th December 1935 - Sailed Colombo for Singapore 22nd April 1936 - Arrived Malta 27th May 1936 - At Wei Hai Wei 19th July 1936 - Sailed Suez 24th July 1936 - Arrived Aden 26th August 1936 - Arrived Hong Kong 13th September 1936 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 19th October 1936 - Sailed Hong Kong 24th October 1936 - Sailed Wusung 28th November 1936 - Arrived Hong Kong 23rd March 1937 - Sailed Hong Kong for UK 24th April 1937 - Sailed Hong Kong for Singapore 26th April 1937 - Arrived Singapore 26th April 1937 - 4th June 1937 - Arrived Colombo 28th June 1937 - Sailed Malta 13th July 1937 - Arrived Sheerness January 1938 - 4th Cruiser Squadron, China Station 15th February 1938 - Commissioned 10th December 1938 - Arrived Portsmouth 6th January 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Bermuda 10th January 1939 - Arrived and Sailed Ponta del Gada 18th January 1939 - Arrived Bermuda 15th May 1939 - Sailed Bermuda 18th May 1939 - Arrived New York 25th May 1939 - Sailed New York 27th May 1939 - Arrived St. Andrews 3rd June 1939 - Sailed St. Andrews 5th June 1939 - Arrived Charlottetown 11th June 1939 - Sailed Charlottetown 12th June 1939 - Arrived Sydney 14th June 1939 - Sailed Sydney 15th June 1939 - Arrived Conception Bay 15th June 1939 - Sailed Conception Bay 20th June 1939 - Arrived Quebec 26th June 1939 - Sailed Quebec 26th June 1939 - Arrived Quebec 4th July 1939 - Sailed Quebec 7th July 1939 - Arrived St. Georges 16th July 1939 - Sailed St. Georges 16th July 1939 - Arrived Cornerbrook 24th July 1939 - Sailed Cornerbrook 25th July 1939 - Arrived Hawke Bay 28th July 1939 - Arrived Hare Bay 1st August 1939 - Arrived Botwood 3rd August 1939 - Sailed Hawke Bay 5th August 1939 - Arrived Botwood 6th August 1939 - Sailed Botwood 7th August 1939 - Arrived St. Johns 14th August 1939 - Sailed St. Johns 16th August 1939 - Arrived Halifax 21st August 1939 - Sailed Halifax 22nd August 1939 - Arrived Bar Harbour 25th August 1939 - Sailed Bar Harbour 30th August 1939 - Arrived Newport 30th August 1939 - Patrolled off the US east coast outside territorial limits. 2nd September 1939 - 8th Cruiser Squadron, West Indies Command, Bermuda and Kingston, Jamaica 4th September 1939 - Sailed Halifax 8th September 1939 - Sailed Newport 11th September 1939 - Arrived Bermuda 3rd October 1939 - Arrived at Halifax 7th October 1939 - Arrived Bermuda, departed again the same day 8th October 1939 - Joined Convoy KJ.3 15th October 1939 - Detached from Convoy KJ.3 18th October 1939 - Arrived Bermuda 23rd October 1939 - Sailed Bermuda 26th October 1939 - Arrived Bermuda for docking where she underwent repairs 3rd November 1939 - At Bermuda repairs completed 7th November 1939 - Force F. Detached and proceeded to Portsmouth 7th November 1939 - Sailed Bermuda 14th November 1939 - Arrived at Portsmouth for docking 14th November 1939 - Arrived at Portsmouth for docking prior to joining the Home Fleet 4th December 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for duty with the Northern Patrol 9th December 1939 - At Portsmouth Docking complete. Joined the 1st Cruiser Squadro 9th December 1939 - Moved from the Denmark Strait to SE of Iceland 12th December 1939 - On Northern Patrol patrolled in 53.55N, 25.00W 12th December 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for patrol 15th December 1939 - Was 480 miles W by N of Malin Head 17th December 1939 - Heading for the Denmark Strait 18th December 1939 - In the Denmark Strait 19th December 1939 - In the Denmark Strait 25th December 1939 - Arrived in the Clyde for a period of rest and refit 29th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde on Northern Patrol 9th January 1940 - Arrived Rosyth from Northern Patrol for de-magnetization 10th January 1940 - Arrived on the Clyde 18th January 1940 - After undergoing alterations, departed Rosyth for Northern Patrol 19th January 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 21st January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Northern Patrol duties 1st February 1940 - Arrived at the Clyde after Northern Patrol duties. 7th February 1940 - Sailed the Clyde for Northern Patrol 23rd February 1940 - Sailed the Clyde for Scapa Flow. 25th February 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Greenock. 2nd March 1940 - Intercepted German steamer Wolfsburg north of Iceland 8th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow from northern patrol 11th March 1940 - Intercepted German steamer Uruguay 12th March 1940 - Carried out a full caliber shoot west of the Orkneys 13th March 1940 - Arrived Rosyth 27th November 1940 - Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia 27th November 1940 - Force D 1st March 1942 - Escort for Russian Convoy PQ 12 and return QP 08 to Iceland 15th March 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 15th March 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 17th January 1944 - Cover for Convoy JW.56A 3rd February 1944 - Sailed Akureyri 10th June 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow 1946 - Paid off to Reserve 15th June 1948 - Sold for scrap 12th July 1948 - Arrived at Blyth to be broken up by Hughes Bolkow | |||
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