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HMS Eskimo Laid Down : 5th August 1936 Launched : 3rd September 1937 Completed : 30th December 1938 Type : Destroyer Class : Tribal Builder : Vickers Armstrong Country : UK Pennants : F75, G75 Fate : Sold for scrap 27th June 1949. |  |
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  HMS Eskimo, July 1939. |
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3rd September 1937 - Launched 3rd September 1937 - Pennant F75 9th December 1938 - Cdr. St. John Aldrich Micklethwait, RN In Command 31st December 1938 - Arrived Sheerness 19th January 1939 - Arrived Portland 6th March 1939 - Sailed 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 12, Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 7th October 1939 - Arrived at Scapa Flow after repairs in the Tyne 8th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 11th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 14th October 1939 - At Scapa Flow 17th October 1939 - Shot down German Aircraft over Scapa Flow 28th October 1939 - Searched for submarine northwest of the Orkneys 29th October 1939 - After refuelling, Sailed Sullom Voe 1st November 1939 - After refuelling, Sailed Sullom Voe 3rd November 1939 - To rendezvous with light cruiser Glasgow off Stadtlandet in the search for German liner New York 5th November 1939 - Arrived back at Scapa Flow after sustaining severe weather damage 6th November 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Newcastle 7th November 1939 - Arrived Newcastle for repairs 24th November 1939 - Repairs completed at Newcastle 25th November 1939 - Hunted for a submarine after a merchant ship reported being attacked 20 miles SE of Aberdeen 26th November 1939 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.3 30th November 1939 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HM.3 30th November 1939 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.3 4th December 1939 - Sailed Rosyth to search for a suspected submarine in the Firth of Forth 4th December 1939 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HM.3 4th December 1939 - Searched for a submarine in the Firth of Forth 5th December 1939 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.4 8th December 1939 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.4 8th December 1939 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.4 12th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde to sweep ahead of Canadian troop convoy TC.1 as it approached the British Isles 12th December 1939 - Arrived on the Clyde 17th December 1939 - Arrived Greenock 19th December 1939 - Sailed Greenock to assist in the submarine hunt at 55-30N, 05-00W off Arran 19th December 1939 - Arrived in the Clyde 25th December 1939 - Sailed Greenock 28th December 1939 - Joined Convoy TC 7th January 1940 - Sailed Rosyth for refitting at Southampton. 31st January 1940 - At Southampton under repair 29th February 1940 - Under repair at Southampton 7th March 1940 - Sailed Plymouth to investigate A/S contact eight miles from Eddystone Light 9th March 1940 - Sailed Portsmouth after refitting at Southampton 9th March 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde 10th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde 11th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 12th March 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde 12th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow for the Clyde for escort duties 13th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde escoerting Convoy NS.1 14th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 16th March 1940 - Arrived Greenock 18th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde for Scapa Flow escorting Dummy aircrafy carrier Hermes 19th March 1940 - Detached and escorted damaged HMS Norfolk 20th March 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde after Escorting damaged HMS Norfolk 22nd March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde escortong tankers to Scapa Flow 25th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow with tankers Belgol and War Pindari 25th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow to search for Survivors of SS Britta 1st April 1940 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla 12th Division 1st April 1940 - Cdr. St. J.A. Micklethwait in Command 13th April 1940 - Second Battle of Narvik 6th June 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.7 6th June 1940 - Developed defects and was relieved by HMS Encounter 15th November 1940 - Lt.Cdr. Edward Gerard Le Geyt, RN In Command 4th March 1941 - Commando raid on the Loften Islands (Norway) 1st March 1942 - Escort for Russian Convoy PQ 12 and return QP 08 to Iceland November 1942 - Capt. John William Musgrave Eaton, DSO, DSC, RN In Command 13th December 1942 - Sailed Bone to intercept Axis convoy 1st February 1944 - Lt.Cdr. Erroll Norman Sinclair, RN In Command 4th June 1944 - Lt.Cmdr. E.N. Sinclair in Command 23rd June 1944 - Sailed Plymouth 24th June 1944 - Forced U971 to the Surface in the English Channel 7th July 1944 - Collision with HMS Javelin 1949 - Broken up | |||
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Last edited : 19:30, March 19, 2011
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