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HMS Escapade |
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HMS Escapade Laid Down : 30th March 1933 Launched : 30th January 1934 Completed : 30th August 1934 Type : Destroyer Class : E Builder : Scotts Country : UK Pennants : H17 Fate : Sold for scrap 26th November 1946. |
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HMS Escapade, October 1934. |
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10th March 1933 - Arrived Palma 15th March 1933 - Sailed Palma for Gibraltar 23rd June 1933 - Arrived Manchester 12th November 1933 - Arrived Penzance Bay 19th January 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 30th January 1934 - Pennant H17 30th January 1934 - Launched 5th February 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar for Lisboa 6th February 1934 - Arrived Lisbon 15th February 1934 - Sailed Lisbon for Gibraltar 16th February 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 26th February 1934 - Arrived Tetuan 3rd March 1934 - Sailed Tetuan 1st September 1934 - Arrived Plymouth 22nd September 1934 - Arrived Portsmouth 2nd November 1934 - Arrived Portland 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th January 1935 - Arrived Arosa Bay 20th January 1935 - Sailed Arosa Bay for the West Indies 19th June 1935 - Arrived Plymouth 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 15th October 1935 - Arrived Grangemouth 21st October 1935 - Sailed Grangemouth 10th September 1936 - Arrived Middlesborough 25th September 1936 - Arrived Invergordon 25th September 1936 - Arrived Invergordon 6th March 1937 - Arrived Corunna 16th March 1937 - Sailed Rio de Barquero for UK 17th March 1937 - Arrived Plymouth 27th April 1937 - Arrived Portland 27th April 1937 - Sailed Plymouth for Portland 22nd May 1937 - Arrived Portland 16th June 1937 - Arrived Dartmouth 17th July 1937 - Sailed La Pallice on Patrol 7th October 1937 - Arrived Portland 23rd October 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar January 1938 - 5th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 29th March 1938 - Arrived Plymouth 19th July 1938 - Escorted The King and Queen from Dover to France 1st January 1939 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.6 17th January 1939 - Sailed Plymouth 18th January 1939 - Arrived Plymouth 28th April 1939 - Arrived Portland 31st July 1939 - Cdr. Harry Robert Graham, RN In Command 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 3rd September 1939 - Sailed Portland 3rd September 1939 - 12th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 24, Western Approaches Command 5th October 1939 - Sailed Quiberon Bay escorting Convoy BC.7S 8th October 1939 - Arrived Barry Roads 9th October 1939 - Involved in a minor collision with Vivacious leaving Milford Haven 20th October 1939 - Completed Collision repairs at Newport 5th November 1939 - Searched for suspected submarine 150 miles SW of Ushant 14th November 1939 - Sailed Southend escorting Convoy OA.35 15th November 1939 - Detached from ConvoyOA.35 17th November 1939 - Joined Convoy SLF.9 19th November 1939 - Searched for submarine off Wicca Cove near St Ives 25th November 1939 - Sailed Liverpool escorting Convoy OB.41 27th November 1939 - Detached from Convoy OB.41 3rd December 1939 - Sailed Liverpool escorting Convoy OB.46 5th December 1939 - Detached Convoy OB.46 5th December 1939 - Attacked U.47 at 1515, inflicting light damage 5th December 1939 - Rescued 35 survivors from steamer Navasota sunk by U-47 7th December 1939 - Joined Convoy SLF.10 7th December 1939 - Joined Convoy SLF.10 8th December 1939 - Arrived UK with Convoy SLF.10 15th December 1939 - Searched Submarine contact 120 miles WSW of Land's End in 49-14N, 6-36W 17th December 1939 - Escorted HMS Woolwich from Rosyth to the Clyde 20th December 1939 - Sent to search for a submarine reported at the entrance to Kirkwall 21st December 1939 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.5 23rd December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 25th December 1939 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.5 27th December 1939 - Assisted Triumph after being hit by a mine 28th December 1939 - Arrived off May Island in the Firth of Forth 29th December 1939 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.6 1st January 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.6 4th January 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.6 5th January 1940 - Escorted a MT convoy from Methil to the Tyne. 5th January 1940 - Sailed Methil with a group of merchant ships for the Tyne 9th January 1940 - Arrived at Invergordon with minelayer Princess Victoria 12th January 1940 - Escort for minelaying operation PA 1 13th January 1940 - Arrived Rosyth 19th January 1940 - Sailed Rosyth escorting Minelayer Princess Victoria 24th January 1940 - Sailed the scene of submarine search off Rattray Head at dusk for Rosyth. 25th January 1940 - Arrived at Rosyth from submarine hunting, After refuelling, left again with cable ship Royal Scot 27th January 1940 - With cable ship Royal Scot arrived Rosyth 30th January 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy MT.2 31st January 1940 - Arrived at Rosyth. 2nd February 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy MT.2 & MT.3 3rd February 1940 - Arrived Southend with Convoy MT.2 & MT.3 4th February 1940 - Arrived Methil 8th February 1940 - Searched for a submarine SSE of Buchanness 9th February 1940 - Searched for a submarine reported one mile SSE of Buchan Ness 9th February 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.11 12th February 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.11 15th February 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 17th February 1940 - Sailed Methil Escorting Convoy ON.14 20th February 1940 - Sailed Kirkwall escorting Convoy ON.14 22nd February 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.14 22nd February 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.14 22nd February 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.14 24th February 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.14 28th February 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.16 2nd March 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.16 2nd March 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.16 5th March 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.16 15th March 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.20 18th March 1940 - Arrived Bergen 18th March 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.20 18th March 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.20 22nd March 1940 - Ordered to hunt a U-boat reported by air near Sule Skerry 24th March 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.22 27th March 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.22 1st April 1940 - 12th Destroyer Flotilla, 24th Division 1st April 1940 - Cdr. H.R. Graham in Command October 1940 - Cdr. Richard Edmund Hyde-Smith, RN In Command 3rd October 1940 - Sailed Newcastle escorting Convoy TM February 1941 - Lt.Cdr. Edmund Neville Vincent Currey, DSC, RN In Command 1st December 1942 - Lt.Cdr. Edward Copson Peake, RN In Command 30th October 1944 - Lt.Cdr. Home Ronald Archibald Kidston, RN In Command 1947 - Broken up |
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Last edited : 19:00, March 19, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 12:00, December 9, 2010
By : kc
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