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HMS Keith Laid Down : 1st October 1929 Launched : 10th July 1930 Completed : 20th March 1931 Type : Destroyer Class : B Builder : Vickers Armstrong Country : UK Pennants : D06, H06 Fate : Sunk 1st June 1940. |
Flotilla Leader. Displacement: 1,400 tons Speed: 35kts Complement: 175. Armament: Four 4.7 inch guns, two 2 pdr anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes. |
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29th January 1932 - Arrived Malta 30th March 1932 - Arrived Cagliari 4th April 1932 - Sailed Cagliari for Bizerta 5th April 1932 - Arrived Bizerta 14th April 1932 - Arrived Aranci Bay 22nd April 1932 - Arrived Malta 22nd April 1932 - Lt. Cmdr. M. W. Bailward in Command 29th April 1932 - Capt. G.C. Harrison Assumed Command 14th January 1933 - Arrived Suda Bay 25th January 1933 - Sailed Suda Bay 25th January 1933 - Arrived Gulf of Patras 1st February 1933 - Arrived Malta 7th March 1933 - Sailed Malta for Pollensa Bay 10th March 1933 - Arrived Palma 28th March 1933 - Sailed Pollensa for Golfe Juan 30th March 1933 - Arrived Golfe Juan 3rd April 1933 - Arrived Leghorn 12th April 1933 - Arrived Gulf of St. Tropez 24th April 1933 - Sailed Gulf of St. Tropez 24th April 1933 - Sailed St. Tropez for Malta 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 28th July 1933 - Arrived Korcula 1st August 1933 - Arrived Gruz 5th August 1933 - Arrived Kotor 26th October 1933 - Sailed Sheerness for Gibraltar and work up 26th October 1933 - Capt. G.C. Harrison Relinquished Command 26th October 1933 - Capt. F.H.G. Dalrymple-Hamilton Assumed Command 4th December 1933 - Sailed Gibralta for Malta 9th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for cruise 10th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for short winter cruise 25th January 1934 - Arrived Malta 3rd March 1934 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 23rd March 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 27th March 1934 - Arrived Golfe Juan 10th April 1934 - Arrived Gulf of St. Tropez 24th April 1934 - Sailed St. Tropez for Malta 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 24th March 1936 - Capt. D.W. Boyd Assumed Command 8th October 1936 - Paid off at Chatham into reserve 13th August 1937 - Capt. V.H. Danckwerts in Command 13th August 1937 - In transit to Portsmouth for Commissioning 22nd October 1937 - Sailed Gibraltar 28th February 1940 - Searched unsuccessfully for a German submarine off St Govan Light Vessel. 2nd March 1940 - Arrived at Dover from Sheerness after repairs. 4th March 1940 - Sailed Dover to assist tanker Charles T. Meyer 7th March 1940 - Sailed Dover to escort Auxiliary Minelayer Hampton 13th March 1940 - Damaged in a grounding near South West Goodwin Buoy 15th March 1940 - Arrived Chatham for repairs 20th March 1940 - Completed repairs at Chatham 20th March 1940 - Arrived at Dover after repairs at Chatham. 21st March 1940 - Took the Chief of the General Staff (CIGS) from Boulogne to Dover 25th March 1940 - Brought the British Chief of the General Staff (CIGS) back from Boulogne. 1st April 1940 - 19th Destroyer Flotilla 37th Division Captain D 1st April 1940 - Capt. D.J.R. Simson in Command |
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Last edited : 18:23, March 30, 2011
By : jbryce1437
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