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HMS Amazon |
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HMS Amazon Laid Down : 29th January 1925 Launched : 27th January 1926 Completed : 5th May 1927 Type : Destroyer Class : A Builder : Thornycroft Country : UK Pennants : D39 Fate : Scrapped 6th October 1948. |
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  HMS Amazon, 1926. |   HMS Amazon, October 1934. |   HMS Amazon, July 1935. |
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 HMS Amazon passing the wrecked bow of HMS Glorious. | |
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November 1924 - Ordered from Thornycroft At Woolston 29th June 1925 - Laid down 27th January 1926 - Pennant D39 27th January 1926 - Launched 3rd January 1927 - Acceptance Trials 5th May 1927 - Completed 1st October 1932 - Cmdr. P. H. Calderon in Command 1st October 1932 - Irish Waters, Home Fleet 29th August 1933 - Arrived Portsmouth 29th August 1933 - Sailed Plymouth for Portsmouth 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 27th January 1936 - Arrived Portsmouth 11th June 1936 - Sailed Portland for Portsmouth 19th October 1936 - Arrived Portland 22nd October 1936 - Arrived Portsmouth 14th July 1937 - Arrived Portland 16th July 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 29th March 1938 - Arrived Portland 11th April 1938 - Sailed Portland for Portsmouth 1st January 1939 - 18th Destroyer Flotilla 26th April 1939 - Arrived Portland 26th April 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portland 28th April 1939 - Arrived Portsmouth 5th August 1939 - Arrived Portland 8th August 1939 - Arrived Weymouth Bay 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 3rd September 1939 - 16th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 36 Portsmouth Command 3rd September 1939 - At Portland 9th October 1939 - Sailed Milford Haven to escort convoy KJ.1B 12th October 1939 - Submarine hunting off Dover. 16th October 1939 - Joined Convoy OA.3 17th October 1939 - Sailed Plymouth on escort duty 17th October 1939 - Joined Convoy OA.20 18th October 1939 - Detached from Convoy OA.20 18th October 1939 - Damaged in a collision 18th October 1939 - Damaged in collision with steamer Aracataca at 1448 in convoy OG.3 19th October 1939 - Detached Convoy OA.3 20th October 1939 - Commenced repairs at Portsmouth 31st October 1939 - At Portsmouth for repairs 28th November 1939 - Repairs completed at Portsmouth 2nd December 1939 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.45G 5th December 1939 - Escorted Convoy OG.9. 6th December 1939 - Detached from Convoy OA.45G. Joined Convoy HG.9 6th December 1939 - Detached from Convoy OG.9 21st December 1939 - Joined Convoy OA.55G. Detached same day 26th December 1939 - Escorted Convoy OA.60G 28th December 1939 - Detached from Convoy OA.60G 5th January 1940 - Joined Convoy OA.65 6th January 1940 - Detached from Convoy OA.65 23rd January 1940 - Escorting Convoy OA.78 6th February 1940 - Escorted Convoy OG.17 11th March 1940 - Joined merged Convoys SL.22 and SLF.22 15th March 1940 - Arrived UK with Convoys SL.22 and SLF.22 16th March 1940 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.111 18th March 1940 - Detached from Convoy OA.111 22nd March 1940 - Joined Convoy OA.114 23rd March 1940 - Detached from Convoy OA.114 25th March 1940 - Joined Convoy HX.27 28th March 1940 - Arrived Liverpool with Convoy HX.27 29th April 1940 - Assisted in the sinking of U50 off of Norway 1st January 1941 - 12th Destroyer Flotilla, Rosyth 1st January 1945 - 12th Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean January 1948 - Broken up | |||
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Last edited : 17:10, February 20, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 11:21, December 9, 2010
By : kc
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