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HMS Dunedin |
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HMS Dunedin Laid Down : 5th November 1917 Launched : 19th November 1918 Completed : 13th September 1919 Type : Cruiser Class : Danae Builder : Armstrong Country : UK Sequence : This is the 1st ship with this name. Pennants : 96, D93 Fate : Sunk 24th November 1941 |  |
| HMS Dunedin served in the Home fleet in 1939 switching to the America and West Indies in 1940 before being torpedoed in 1941 by U124 off the coast of Brazil while serving in the South Atlantic. |
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19th November 1918 - Launched 7th October 1919 - Sailed Greenock 13th February 1920 - Arrived Chatham from the Baltic 13th February 1920 - Capt. C.N. Tindal-Carill-Worsley in Command 15th June 1920 - Sailed Copenhagen for Danzig 6th July 1920 - Sailed Libau for Danzig 1st February 1921 - 1st Light Cruiser Squadron 1st February 1921 - Capt. C.A.W. Wrightson in Command 1st February 1921 - Sailed UK for Horta 7th February 1921 - Sailed Horta for Ponta Delgado 15th February 1921 - Sailed Ponta Delgado for Madeira 15th February 1921 - Sailed Ponta Delgado for Funchal 17th February 1921 - Arrived Funchal 28th February 1921 - Sailed Funchal 1st March 1921 - Arrived Las Palmas 6th March 1921 - Arrived Casablanca 11th March 1921 - Sailed Casablanca for Gibraltar 11th March 1921 - Sailed Casablanca 12th March 1921 - Arrived Gibraltar 17th March 1921 - Sailed Gibraltar 22nd March 1921 - Arrived UK 28th October 1921 - Arrived Gibraltar 31st October 1921 - Sailed Gibraltar for Portland 9th February 1922 - Arrived Pollensa Bay 9th February 1922 - 1st Light Cruiser Squadron 20th February 1922 - Sailed Pollensa Bay 21st February 1922 - Arrived Palma 4th March 1922 - Sailed Palma 6th March 1922 - Arrived Gibraltar 13th March 1922 - Sailed Gibraltar 16th March 1922 - Arrived Arosa Bay 25th March 1922 - Sailed Arosa Bay 27th March 1922 - Arrived Bilbao 7th April 1922 - Sailed Bilbao 6th May 1923 - Capt. Hon. Alexander Ramsay in Command 6th May 1923 - Completed repairs at Chatham 31st August 1923 - Completed refit at Chatham 1924 - Transferred to New Zealand Division 3rd February 1931 - Sailed Auckland to Hawkes Bay ro assist in Earthquake 5th April 1932 - Commissioed for trials at Chatham 5th April 1932 - Cdr. P.B.R.W. William-Powlett Assumed Command 31st May 1932 - Completed and ready for sea 1st October 1932 - Capt. M. J. C. de Meric, MVO in Command 1st October 1932 - New Zealand Station 27th February 1933 - Arrived Whangatoa 10th March 1933 - Arrived Wellington 1st April 1933 - Arrived Wellington 1st April 1933 - Capt. M.J.C. de Meric in Command 24th April 1933 - At Wellington 24th April 1933 - Capt. M.J.C. de Meric in Command 26th April 1933 - Sailed Wellington for Picton Sound 26th April 1933 - Sailed Wellington for Picton 26th April 1933 - Arrived Queen Charlotte Sound 26th April 1933 - Arrived Queen Charlotte Sound 15th June 1933 - Sailed Auckland 24th June 1933 - Arrived and sailed Vila 26th July 1933 - Arrived Apia 4th August 1933 - Arrived Apia 7th August 1933 - Arrived Nukualofa 26th October 1933 - Sailed Timaru 5th February 1934 - Arrived Russell 7th February 1934 - Arrived Hauraki 12th February 1934 - Cdr. P.B.R.W. William-Powlett in Command 12th February 1934 - Sailed Auckland 13th February 1934 - Arrived Russell 15th February 1934 - Arrived Russell 24th February 1934 - Sailed Russell 25th February 1934 - Arrived Gisbourne 26th February 1934 - Arrived Gisborne 1st March 1934 - Sailed Gisborne 2nd March 1934 - Arrived Wellington 2nd March 1934 - Arrived Wellington 4th April 1934 - Sailed Wellington 5th April 1934 - Arrived New Plymouth 12th April 1934 - Sailied New Plymouth 13th April 1934 - Arrived Nelson 13th April 1934 - Arrived Nelson 19th April 1934 - Arrived Queen Charlotte Sounds 19th April 1934 - Sailed Nelson 23rd April 1934 - Arrived Wellington 23rd April 1934 - Arrived Wellington 23rd April 1934 - Sailed Queen Charlotte Sounds 26th April 1934 - Sailed Wellington 28th April 1934 - Arrived Auckland 15th June 1934 - Flagship of Rear Admiral F. Burges Watson 15th June 1934 - Sailed Auckland 18th June 1934 - Arrived Nukualofa 20th June 1934 - Sailed Nukualofa 21st June 1934 - Arrived Suva 29th June 1934 - Sailed Suva 30th June 1934 - Arrived Apia 3rd July 1934 - Sailed Apia 24th July 1934 - Arrived Raiatea 7th August 1934 - Arrived Auckland 21st September 1934 - Arrived Sydney 6th October 1934 - Sailed Sydney for Hobart 18th October 1934 - Arrived Melbourne 12th December 1934 - Sailed Auckland for Wellington 15th December 1934 - Arrived Wellington 22nd December 1934 - Arrived Auckland 5th June 1935 - Sailed Auckland 18th June 1935 - Arrived Apia 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 30th July 1935 - Arrived Tahaa 12th February 1936 - Arrived Napier 17th June 1936 - Arrived Kermadoc Islands 20th June 1936 - Arrived Niue 26th July 1936 - Sailed Nukualofa for Pago Pago 1937 - Returned to Royal Navy 1937 - Cdr. J.B.E Hall in Command 16th March 1937 - Sailed Jamaica 29th March 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 30th March 1937 - Arrived Sheerness from the New Zealand Station 30th March 1937 - Cdr. B.R. Willett in Command January 1938 - Reserve Fleet, UK 15th November 1938 - Sank RFA Bacchus over the Hurd Deep off Alderney by gun fire 22nd November 1938 - Arrived Portland 12th May 1939 - Arrived Portsmouth 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 27th August 1939 - Arrived at Scapa Flow from the Reserve Fleet 31st August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Deployed in the North Sea between the Orkneys and Norway. 3rd September 1939 - 12th Cruiser Squadron Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 30th September 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Northern Patrol between the Orkneys and the Faroes 12th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Northern Patrol 22nd October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe 22nd October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe for the Northern Patrol 31st October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe 2nd November 1939 - Between the Orkneys and the Faroes 6th November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe from Northern Patrol 8th November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe on Northern Patrol duties 15th November 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe with rudder problems 17th November 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe on Northern Patrol duties 23rd November 1939 - Took station off North Rona to patrol the approaches to the Fair Island Channel 25th November 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 25th November 1939 - Positioned off Utvaer, Norway, to intercept German battlecruisers 28th November 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 1st December 1939 - Arrived in the Clyde to refit 2nd December 1939 - Arrived the Clyde 6th December 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Bermuda 22nd December 1939 - Refit completed in the Clyde 25th December 1939 - Arrived at Scapa Flow after her refit in the Clyde and left for Northern Patrol 31st December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 2nd January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Northern Patrol 9th January 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow from Northern Patrol 9th January 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 12th January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Northern duties 16th January 1940 - Arrived at Scapa Flow after Northern Patrol. 17th January 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow from Northern patrol 19th January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Patrol 26th January 1940 - Arrived at Scapa Flow after Northern Patrol. 26th January 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 27th January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 29th January 1940 - Arrived Portsmouth 29th February 1940 - Arrived Kingston, Jamaica 2nd March 1940 - Intercepted German merchant ship Heidelberg, 60 miles WSW of the Windward Passage in the Caribbean 4th March 1940 - Sailed Kingston on patrol. 8th April 1941 - Sailed Plymouth 14th April 1941 - Arrived Gibraltar. Sailed same day 8th May 1941 - Arrived Gibraltar 25th May 1941 - Sailed Gibraltar 24th November 1941 - Torpedoed & sunk by U124 off Pernambuco, Brazil | |||
HMS Dunedin Artwork Collection |
 Blood in the Sea - HMS Dunedin and the Enigma Code by Stuart Gill. |
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