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HMS Forester |
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HMS Forester Laid Down : 15th May 1933 Launched : 28th June 1934 Completed : 29th March 1935 Type : Destroyer Class : F Builder : White Country : UK Pennants : H74 Fate : Sold for scrap 22nd January 1946. Scrapped Rosyth June 1947. |
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  HMS Forester, July 1935. |
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28th June 1934 - Pennant H74 28th June 1934 - Launched 11th February 1935 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla 24th May 1935 - Arrived Scapa Flow 11th February 1936 - Sailed Gibraltar 7th March 1936 - Sailed UK for Malta 2nd April 1936 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla 19th June 1936 - Arrived Mersa Matruh 20th July 1936 - Arrived Portsmouth 10th October 1936 - Arrived Rosyth 19th April 1937 - Arrived and Sailed St. Jean de Luz 23rd April 1937 - Sailed La Pallice 29th June 1937 - Arrived Cardiff 17th July 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 23rd October 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar January 1938 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 29th March 1938 - Arrived Portsmouth 17th January 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth 22nd January 1939 - Arrived Bordeaux 26th January 1939 - Sailed Bordeaux 31st January 1939 - Lt.Cdr. Edward Bernard Tancock, RN In Command 27th July 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth August 1939 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 15th August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for exercises 21st August 1939 - Arrived Invergordon 25th August 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 31st August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Deployed in the North Sea between the Orkneys and Norway. 1st September 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 3rd September 1939 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 15, Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 20th September 1939 - Sank U-27 west of the Hebrides.(Tarrant) 8th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 11th October 1939 - Arrive Loch Ewe 16th 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 in the Clyde for repairs 28th October 1939 - Arrived on the Clyde 31st October 1939 - At Clyde with defects 16th November 1939 - Completed her refit in the Clyde 23rd November 1939 - Repairs completed on 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 10th December 1939 - Attacked a submarine contact in 57-59N, 05-25W 13th December 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe 23rd December 1939 - In the Clyde 31st December 1939 - At Clyde Defects 8th January 1940 - Sailed the Clyde and joined Convoy HN.7 but was reassigned 10th January 1940 - Sailed the Clyde to escort HMS Canton 12th January 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.7 13th January 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde 14th January 1940 - Sailed Greenock on patrol 17th January 1940 - Arrived at Scapa Flow 18th January 1940 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla 18th January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 20th January 1940 - Attacked submarine contacts, east of the Faroes in 62-27N, 2-01W 24th January 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 24th January 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde from patrol. 8th February 1940 - Sailed The Clyde on patrol 11th February 1940 - Refuelled at Sullom Voe and returned to Battle Group 13th February 1940 - Refuelled at Sullom Voe and returned to Battle Group 15th February 1940 - Refuelled at Sullom Voe and returned to Battle Group 15th February 1940 - Stood by damaged tanker Imperial Transport 22nd February 1940 - Attacked a contact, which further investigation showed to be the wreck of U.33 sunk earlier. 23rd February 1940 - Rendezvoused HMS Mohawk which was escorting tanker Imperial Transport at Liverpool 23rd February 1940 - Sailed the Clyde 27th February 1940 - Escorted HMS Malaya and HMS Ascania from the Clyde 1st March 1940 - Arrived The Clyde 2nd March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde to cover the ON/HN Convoys 3rd March 1940 - Attacked submarine contact without result 7th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 8th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 9th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 10th March 1940 - Attacked contact east of South Ronaldsay. Later found to be the wreck of sunken collier GIRALDA. 12th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde for Scapa Flow 19th March 1940 - Covered Convoys HN.20 and ON.21 and Operation DU Activities 19th March 1940 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla 19th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 21st March 1940 - Arrived Sullom Voe 21st March 1940 - Sailed Sullom Voe 1st April 1940 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, 15th Division 1st April 1940 - Lt. Cdr. E.B. Tancock in Command 13th April 1940 - Second Battle of Narvik 27th November 1940 - Force H 27th November 1940 - Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia January 1942 - Lt.Cdr. George Pepys Huddart, RN In Command 2nd May 1942 - Lt. Jack Bitmead, RN In Command 4th August 1942 - Lt.Cdr. James Arbouin Burnett, RN In Command 21st May 1944 - Cdr. George Windsor Gregorie, RD, RNR In Command 9th July 1944 - Lt. David Creagh Beatty, RN In Command 17th April 1945 - Lt.Cdr. Peter Ronald Ward, RN In Command 6th June 1945 - A/Lt.Cdr. Louis John Hilary Gamble, RN In Command 1947 - Broken up at Rosyth | |||
Database Currently Holds : 6284 ships and 6289 crew!
Last edited : 13:45, March 23, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 12:09, December 9, 2010
By : kc
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