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HMS Firedrake |
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HMS Firedrake Laid Down : 5th July 1933 Launched : 28th June 1934 Completed : 30th May 1935 Type : Destroyer Class : F Builder : Vickers Country : UK Pennants : H79 Fate : Sunk 17th December 1942. |
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  HMS Firedrake, July 1935. |
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28th June 1934 - Launched 28th June 1934 - Pennant H79 11th February 1935 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla 11th February 1936 - Sailed Gibraltar 7th March 1936 - Sailed UK for Malta 2nd April 1936 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla 30th May 1936 - Arrived Mersa Matruh 20th July 1936 - Arrived Sheerness 10th October 1936 - Arrived Rosyth 19th April 1937 - Arrived La Rochelle 29th June 1937 - Arrived Bristol 21st July 1937 - Arrived Sheerness 21st July 1937 - Sailed Portsmouth for Sheerness 22nd October 1937 - Sailed Gibraltar January 1938 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 30th March 1938 - Arrived Sheerness 4th April 1938 - Lt.Cdr. Stephen Hugh Norris, RN In Command 17th January 1939 - Sailed Sheerness 22nd January 1939 - Arrived Bordeaux 26th January 1939 - Sailed Bordeaux 30th July 1939 - Sailed Sheerness August 1939 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 15th August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for exercises 21st August 1939 - Arrived Invergordon 27th August 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 31st August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Deployed in the North Sea between the Orkneys and Norway. 3rd September 1939 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 16, Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 14th September 1939 - Sunk U-39 North west of Ireland after a failed torpedo attempt U-39 1st October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Loch Ewe 2nd October 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 4th October 1939 - Investiged Submarine report 60 miles SSW of Sumburgh Head 8th October 1939 - Damaged by heavy weather. Detached to the Clyde 8th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 9th October 1939 - Arrived Clyde 11th October 1939 - Arrive Loch Ewe 14th October 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe. Arrived at Scapa Flow later the same day 15th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 23rd October 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe for the Clyde 25th October 1939 - Arrived the Clyde 26th October 1939 - Sailed the Clyde to cover the Atlantic convoy routes, including Halifax convoys 28th October 1939 - Arrived on the Clyde 29th October 1939 - Joined Main force at sea 1st November 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 2nd November 1939 - Repairs completed at the Clyde 23rd November 1939 - Sailed the Clyde for a position off the Norwegian coast 24th November 1939 - At Sea 1st December 1939 - North of the Faroes to cover AMCs returning to Northern Patrol 4th December 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe en route to the Clyde 13th December 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe 22nd December 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe with the 1st Minesweeping Flotilla arrived at Loch Ewe 24th December 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe for the Clyde 25th December 1939 - Sailed Greenock 28th December 1939 - Joined Convoy TC 29th December 1939 - Arrived in the Clyde 4th January 1940 - Sailed Greenock on patrol 11th January 1940 - Arrived Greenock 14th January 1940 - Sailed Greenock on patrol 17th January 1940 - Arrived at Scapa Flow 17th January 1940 - Sent to search for U-Boat seven miles 10° of Muckle Flugga 18th January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 18th January 1940 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla 20th January 1940 - Attacked submarine contacts, east of the Faroes in 62-27N, 2-01W 24th January 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde from patrol. 24th January 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 2nd February 1940 - Sailed Greenock for an anti-submarine sweep towards the Mull of Kintyre 7th February 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde 8th February 1940 - Sailed The Clyde on patrol 14th February 1940 - Refuelled at Sullom Voe and returned to Battle Group 15th February 1940 - At sea near Pentland Firth covering Operation DT 19th February 1940 - Sailed the Clyde 24th February 1940 - Arrived Greenock. 28th February 1940 - Sailed the Clyde 3rd March 1940 - Sailed Plymouth for the Clyde 3rd March 1940 - Sailed Plymouth for the Clyde 4th March 1940 - Arrived the Clyde 4th March 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde 7th March 1940 - Sailed The Clyde 9th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 12th March 1940 - Escorted 1st Cruiser Squadron on a full caliber shoot west of the Orkneys 12th March 1940 - Searched for submarine reported by aircraft east of South Ronaldsay 12th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde for Scapa Flow 13th March 1940 - Patrolled on a line south of Canntlick Head to Sandwick Bay, South Ronaldshay. 13th March 1940 - Due to damage to the anti-submarine nets at Scapa Flow patrolled approaches to Hoxa Sound. 19th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow to search for Submarine near Holm Sound 20th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Operation DU 23rd March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 24th March 1940 - Attacked a submarine contact in the Pentland Skerries 25th March 1940 - Carrying out Anti-submarine operations N.E. of the Orkneys 25th March 1940 - Ordered to Moray Firth for patrol 25th March 1940 - A/S Submarine work between Scapa Flow and Sullom Voe 26th March 1940 - Attacked a submarine contact ESE of Copinsay 27th March 1940 - Sailed Invergordon to rendevous with HMS Tribune 28th March 1940 - Sailed to Greenock 30th March 1940 - Arrived Greenock 30th March 1940 - Sailed Greenock for Cardiff for repairs and refit 1st April 1940 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, 16th Division 1st April 1940 - Lt. Cdr. S.N. Norris in Command 1st April 1940 - Repairing at Cardiff 27th August 1940 - Deployed as escort for HM Auxiliary Minelayers Southern Prince, Port Napier, Port Quebec and Menestheus of 1st Minelaying Squadron 18th October 1940 - HMS Firedrake, with the assistance of HMS Wrestler and two Saunders-Roe London Flying boats of 202 Squadron RAF, Firedrake sank the Italian submarine Durbo (Tenete DI Vasc. Armando Acanfora) east of Gibraltar. The submarine surfaced and was abandoned at 19.50 hrs and sank soon afterwards. The entire crew of 46 officers and men were rescued by the Firedrake and taken prisoner. 27th November 1940 - Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia 27th November 1940 - Force H 4th May 1942 - Cdr. William Eric Banks, DSC, RN In Command 1st September 1942 - Cdr. Eric Henry Tilden, DSC, RN In Command 16th December 1942 - Sunk | |||
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Last edited : 21:27, January 6, 2012
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 12:08, December 9, 2010
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