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HMS Ashanti |
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HMS Ashanti Laid Down : 23rd November 1936 Launched : 5th November 1937 Completed : 21st December 1938 Type : Destroyer Class : Tribal Builder : Denny Country : UK Pennants : F51 Fate : Scrapped 12th April 1949 |
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  HMS Ashanti, July 1939. |
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23rd November 1936 - Laid down 5th November 1937 - Launched August 1938 - Pennant L51 29th November 1938 - Cdr. William Gronow Davis, RN In Command January 1939 - Pennant F51 20th January 1939 - Arrived Portsmouth 20th January 1939 - Arrived Portsmouth 1st March 1939 - At Kumasi 6th March 1939 - Sailed Takoradi for Gibraltar to rejoin Home Fleet 9th March 1939 - Arrived Freetown 10th March 1939 - Sailed Freetown 17th March 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 28th April 1939 - Arrived Portland 8th May 1939 - Arrived Portland 30th July 1939 - Sailed Sheerness August 1939 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 1st August 1939 - Arrived Invergordon 15th August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for exercises 18th August 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow for refuelling. Departed same day 21st August 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 22nd August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for exercises 24th August 1939 - Sailed Stornoway 31st August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for patrol off the Skagerrak 3rd September 1939 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 11, Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 1st October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Loch Ewe 2nd October 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 2nd October 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe 4th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 8th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 11th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 14th October 1939 - At Scapa Flow 14th October 1939 - Commenced A/S operations within Scapa Flow 17th October 1939 - At Scapa Flow 22nd October 1939 - Ceased A/S operations within Scapa Flow 23rd October 1939 - Off Norwegian Coast 23rd October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow to escort an iron ore convoy from Narvik 3rd November 1939 - Joined Convoy ON.1 8th November 1939 - Joined Convoy HN.1 9th November 1939 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.1 10th November 1939 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.1 15th November 1939 - Collided with HMS Punjabi at Rosyth. Then sailed Rosyth 19th November 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe to hunt for a U-boat 21st November 1939 - Sailed Belfast to search for a submarine 70 miles NW of Rathli 21st November 1939 - Sailed Greenock for Belfast to escort the fleet tenders A & B to Rosyth 23rd November 1939 - Ordered to join Forbes at sea off the Mull of Kintyre 27th November 1939 - On Fair Isle Channel Patrol developed a leak in her reserve fuel tank which reduced her speed 28th November 1939 - Assigned to Fair Isle Channel patrol 30th November 1939 - To the west of Fair Isle Channel 3rd December 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Liverpool to refit a leaking feed tank 31st December 1939 - At Liverpool repairing 12th January 1940 - Made two attacks on a submarine contact NNW of Great Orme's Head 18th January 1940 - Attacked Submarine contact ten miles 72° from North Rona 19th January 1940 - Sailed Loch Ewe with salvage ships Anchorite and Disperser for Scapa Flow. 20th January 1940 - Arrived at Rosyth from Loch Ewe, via Scapa Flow. 23rd January 1940 - Sailed Rosyth to hunt for a submarine reported off Kinnaird Head. 24th January 1940 - Attacked a submarine contact off Tod Head 24th January 1940 - Proceeded to Cowes for repairs and refit 31st January 1940 - At Cowes under repair 29th February 1940 - Under repair at Cowes September 1940 - Pennant G51 1st June 1941 - Cdr. Richard George Onslow, RN In Command 1st March 1942 - Escort for Russian Convoy PQ 12 and return QP 08 to Iceland 13th December 1942 - Lt.Cdr. John Richard Barnes, RN In Command 26th December 1943 - Participated in the Battle of North Cape 4th June 1944 - Lt.Cmdr. J.R. Barnes in Command 19th August 1944 - Lt.Cdr. Cuthbert Richard Purse, DSC, RN In Command 8th November 1948 - At Loch Striven for explosion Tests November 1949 - Broken | |||
HMS Ashanti Artwork Collection |
  Pedestal Convoy by Anthony Saunders |
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Last edited : 18:33, February 21, 2011
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