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HMS Anthony |
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HMS Anthony Laid Down : 30th July 1928 Launched : 24th April 1929 Completed : 11th March 1930 Type : Destroyer Class : A Builder : Scotts Country : UK Pennants : H40 Fate : Scrapped |
HMS ANTHONY, an 'A' class destroyer, launched 24th April 1929 by Scotts in Greenock. She entered service in the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on 11th March 1930, operating in the Mediterranean until 1937 when she returned to United Kingdom waters. On the outbreak of war she escorted convoys until April 1940 when she assisted in the Dunkirk evacuation, and then returned to escort duties before participating in the action against the German battleship BISMARCK in May 1941. She then operated in the Mediterranean, United Kingdom waters, Atlantic and Indian Ocean until September 1944. |
She took part in Operation TORCH, the invasion of North Africa in October 1942 and Operation HUSKY, the invasion of Sicily in July 1943. In February 1944 she took part in the sinking of the German submarine U761. After September 1944 she returned to the United Kingdom, and became a target ship for practice attacks by aircraft, until January 1946 when she entered the Reserve Fleet. In May 1948 she arrived at Troon, Ayrshire for scrapping. |
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HMS Anthony, 1930. | HMS Anthony, July 1935. |
Timeline Entries : | |||
24th April 1929 - Launched 24th April 1929 - Pennant Number H40 1st May 1930 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 1st May 1930 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla 10th October 1931 - Lt Cdr. James Abernethy McCoy Assumed Command January 1932 - Lt Cdr. James Abernethy McCoy Relinquished Command 19th July 1932 - Lt Cdr. James Abernethy McCoy Assumed Command 1st October 1932 - Lt. Cmdr. J. A. McCoy in Command 1st October 1932 - Mediterranean Fleet. Malta Based. In reserve 14th January 1933 - Arrived Port Drepano 25th January 1933 - Sailed Port Drepano 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 29th March 1933 - Arrived Toulon 12th April 1933 - Arrived Antibes 24th April 1933 - Sailed Antibes 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 19th July 1933 - Arrived Rimini 5th August 1933 - Arrived Kotor January 1934 - Lt Cdr. James Abernethy McCoy Relinquished Command 10th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for short winter cruise 16th January 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar for Bizerta 19th January 1934 - Arrived Bizerta 25th January 1934 - Arrived Malta 3rd March 1934 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 23rd March 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 27th March 1934 - Arrived Leghorn 23rd April 1934 - Arrived St. Raphael 24th April 1934 - Sailed St. Raphael for Malta 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 1st September 1934 - Arrived Trieste 10th September 1934 - Arrived Brieni 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 22nd April 1935 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla 22nd April 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar for Home Ports 26th April 1935 - Arrived Sheerness 8th September 1936 - Arrived Malaga 10th October 1936 - Arrived Alicante 13th January 1937 - Arrived Alicante 13th January 1937 - Arrived and sailed Gandia 6th March 1937 - Sailed Alicante for Gibraltar 5th December 1938 - Arrived Harwich 9th December 1938 - Arrived Sheerness 1st January 1939 - 18th Destroyer Flotilla 1st January 1939 - 18th Destroyer Flotilla 16th January 1939 - Collision with an auxiliary sailing barge, the Leonard Piper 15th March 1939 - Lt.Cdr. Norman Vivian Joseph Thompson Thew in Command 15th March 1939 - Lt.Cdr. Norman Vivian Joseph Thompson Thew, RN in Command 17th April 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portland 20th April 1939 - Arrived Portsmouth 20th April 1939 - Sailed Portland for Portsmouth 8th May 1939 - Arrived Portland 11th May 1939 - Arrived Portsmouth 5th August 1939 - Arrived Portland 8th August 1939 - Arrived Weymouth Bay 1st September 1939 - Arrived Portland 3rd September 1939 - 16th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 36 Portsmouth Command 3rd September 1939 - At Portland 9th October 1939 - Sailed Southampton escorting Convoy SA.12 to Brest 10th October 1939 - Arrived Brest with Convoy SA.12 29th October 1939 - Joined new 23rd Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich 31st October 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Rosyth 31st October 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Rosyth 1st November 1939 - Arrived Rosyth. Sailed Rosyth same day 1st November 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 4th November 1939 - Sailed The Clyde escorting base ship Manchester City to Rosyth 6th November 1939 - Arrived Rosyth with base ship Manchester City 6th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth for Plymouth 4th December 1939 - Sailed Southampton escorting Convoy SA.20 5th December 1939 - Arrived Brest with Convoy SA.20 14th January 1940 - Sailed Plymouth Escorting HMS Royal Sovereign 16th January 1940 - Detached from HMS Royal Sovereign 31st January 1940 - At Portsmouth under repair 21st February 1940 - Sailed Portsmouth to search for a submarine ten miles south of Beachy Head 2nd March 1940 - Went to assist steamer Domala, being attacked by aircraft 6th March 1940 - Searching for a submarine SSE of Portland Bill 15th March 1940 - Search for Submarine in Christchurch Bay and Poole Bay. 14th October 1940 - Lt.Cdr. Victor Cecil Froggatt Clark in Command 14th October 1940 - Lt.Cdr. Victor Cecil Froggatt Clark, RN in Command 25th February 1941 - Lt.Cdr. John Michael Hodges in Command 25th February 1941 - Lt.Cdr. John Michael Hodges, RN in Command 6th June 1942 - Joined Convoy WS17A as Ocean Escort during passage to Durban 25th January 1943 - Lt.Cdr. John Henry Wallace, DSC, RN in Command 25th January 1943 - Lt.Cdr. John Henry Wallace, DSC in command 11th September 1944 - Lt. Anthony Charles Denniss Leach in Command 11th September 1944 - Lt. Anthony Charles Denniss Leach, RN in Command 23rd December 1944 - Escorted Troopships from Southampton to Cherbourg February 1945 - T/A/Lt.Cdr. Arthur St. George Walton in Command February 1945 - T/A/Lt.Cdr. Arthus St. George Walton, RNVR in Command July 1945 - Lt. William Ridley Morton Murdoch in Command July 1945 - A/T/Lt.Cdr. William Ridley Morton Murdoch, RNVR July 1948 - Broken up |
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Last edited : 17:55, February 20, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 11:05, November 25, 2010
By : tjstoneman
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