Naval History by Country :
|
VIEW ALL OF OUR CURRENT ART SPECIAL OFFERS ON ONE PAGE HERE | |||
NAVAL ART | AVIATION ART | MILITARY ART | SPORT ART |
|
HMS Imogen |
Name :
HMS Imogen Laid Down : 18th January 1936 Launched : 30th October 1936 Completed : 2nd June 1937 Type : Destroyer Class : I Builder : Hawthorn Leslie Country : UK Pennants : D44, I44 Fate : Sunk in collision 16th July 1940. |
|
HMS Imogen Photos for Sale |
HMS Imogen, 1937. |
Timeline Entries : | |||
10th April 1934 - Arrived St. Raphael 18th January 1936 - Laid down 30th October 1936 - Pennant D44 30th October 1936 - Launched 14th July 1937 - Cdr. Eric Barry Kenvyn Stevens, RN In Command 16th July 1937 - Arrived Sheerness 6th August 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 14th August 1937 - Lt. Cdr. L.P. Skipworth in Command 14th August 1937 - Sailed Portland for the Mediterranean to join the 3rd Flotilla 17th August 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 21st August 1937 - Arrived Malta January 1938 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean Fleet 7th April 1938 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th April 1938 - Sailed Gibraltar 29th July 1938 - Arrived Abbazia 10th January 1939 - Sailed Malta for Gominirri 16th January 1939 - Arrived Gulf of Arta 23rd January 1939 - Sailed Gulf of Arta for Platea 25th January 1939 - Sailed Platea for Malta 27th July 1939 - Arrived Malta 28th July 1939 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 31st July 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for Sheerness 2nd September 1939 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Division 5, Mediterranean Fleet 3rd September 1939 - Arrived Malta after delivering dispatches to Marseille 5th September 1939 - Sailed Malta for the North Atlantic Command based at Gibraltar 7th September 1939 - Despatched to Western Approaches Command 1st October 1939 - Escorted OA.12G to Gibraltar 3rd October 1939 - Detached from Convoy OA.12G 9th October 1939 - Sailed Liverpool escorting Convoy OB.17 12th October 1939 - Detached from Convoy OB.17 13th October 1939 - Sank U-42 Southwest of Ireland 13th October 1939 - Encountered U.48 on the surface 400 miles west of Land's End and drove her down but without inflicting any damage. 13th October 1939 - Escorting Liverpool-out convoy OB17 13th October 1939 - Attacked and sunk U-42 290 miles SW of Fastnet 15th October 1939 - Arrived Plymouth 15th October 1939 - Arrived Plymouth 31st October 1939 - At Liverpool for repairs 7th November 1939 - Sailed Liverpool for Scapa Flow 8th November 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 11th November 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow on anti-submarine patrol and returned the next day 15th November 1939 - Joined Convoy HN.2 18th November 1939 - Detached from Convoy HN.2 20th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth and searched for U-boats in the Rattray Head area 21st November 1939 - Searched off Fiora for the submarine thought responsible for Belfast mining 21st November 1939 - Searched for the U-boat responsible for sinking trawler Wigmore off Rattray Head 22nd November 1939 - Arrived at Invergordon to refuel after their Rattray Head patrol 23rd November 1939 - Joined HMS GLASGOW force off Muckle Flugga 24th November 1939 - Relieved HMS Kingston. Patrolled off Utvaer, Norway 25th November 1939 - Ordered to Scapa Flow to refuel 25th November 1939 - Arrived at Scapa Flow to refuel prior to escorting convoy ON.3 from Methil 28th November 1939 - On patrol off Stadlandet 1st December 1939 - Searched for a submarine reported in Edinburgh Channel 3rd December 1939 - Docking to repair asdic 9th December 1939 - Drydocked at Govan to repair defects 13th December 1939 - Sailed Greenock 17th December 1939 - Arrived Greenock 19th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde to Cover Convoys HN.5 and NV.2 24th December 1939 - Arrived at Sullom Voe for refuelling 28th December 1939 - Arrived Liverpool escorting HMS Barham 31st December 1939 - Sailed Liverpool escorting HMS Rodney 4th January 1940 - Sailed Greenock on patrol 15th January 1940 - Cdr. Charles Leslie Firth, RN In Command 18th January 1940 - Arrived at Rosyth from convoy ON.8 19th January 1940 - Joined Convoy HN.8 20th January 1940 - Sailed Rosyth for a sweep in the North Sea 24th January 1940 - Joined Convoy ON.9 24th January 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.9 27th January 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HM.9 31st January 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.9 5th February 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.10 8th February 1940 - Sailed Bergen escortong Convoy HN.10 8th February 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.10 14th February 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 15th February 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow and joined AA Cruiser HMS Calcutta 16th February 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.12 17th February 1940 - Detached Convoy HN.12 for Scapa Flow 18th February 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 21st February 1940 - Hunting five miles from Noup Head for a contact 24th February 1940 - Joined Convoy HN.14 25th February 1940 - Sank U 63 SE of the Orkney 27th February 1940 - Arrived Leith with survivors from U 63 1st March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 3rd March 1940 - Joined Western section of Convoy HN.16 6th March 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde 7th March 1940 - Sailed The Clyde 9th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 13th March 1940 - Due to damage to the anti-submarine nets at Scapa Flow patrolled approaches to Hoxa Sound. 14th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow for the Clyde 15th March 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde from Scapa Flow 17th March 1940 - Sed the Clyde for Portsmouth for escort duties. 18th March 1940 - Reported a defective anti-submarine transmitter. 22nd March 1940 - Sailed Plymouth for the Mediterranean 22nd March 1940 - Sailed Plymouth for the Mediterranean escorting HMS Ark Royal 23rd March 1940 - Detached from Ark Royal and returned to Plymouth 25th March 1940 - Sailed Plymouth 26th March 1940 - Arived in the Clyde 26th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde for Scapa Flow 29th March 1940 - Sailed Rosyth with decoy ships Pakeha and Waimana 1st April 1940 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, 6th Division 1st April 1940 - Cdr. C.L. Firth in Command 16th July 1940 - Involved in a collision |
Database Currently Holds : 6284 ships and 6289 crew!
Last edited : 16:30, March 27, 2011
By : jbryce1437
Everything we obtain for this site is shown on the site, we do not have any more photos, crew lists or further information on any of the ships. COPYRIGHT NOTICE. ALL IMAGES DISPLAYED ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW, AND ARE OWNED BY CRANSTON FINE ARTS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS. NO REPRODUCTION OR COPYING ALLOWED ON OTHER WEBSITES, BOOKS OR ARTICLES WITHOUT PRIOR AGREEMENT. |
Contact Details |
Sign Up To Our Newsletter!
This website is owned by Cranston Fine Arts. Torwood House, Torwoodhill Road, Rhu, Helensburgh, Scotland, G848LE Contact: Tel: (+44) (0) 1436 820269. Email: cranstonorders -at- outlook.com |
|