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HMS Hereward |
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HMS Hereward Laid Down : 28th February 1935 Launched : 10th March 1936 Completed : 9th December 1936 Type : Destroyer Class : H Builder : Vickers Country : UK Pennants : H93 Fate : Sunk 29th May 1941. |
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  HMS Hereward, May 1937. |
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27th October 1934 - Arrived Rosyth 18th January 1935 - Arrived Arosa Bay 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 10th March 1936 - Launched 10th March 1936 - Pennant 9th December 1936 - 1936 - Destroyer HMS Hereward commissioned 4th March 1937 - Arrived and sailed Alicante 21st May 1937 - Sailed Portsmouth for Gibraltar 14th June 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 17th August 1937 - Arrived Almeria January 1938 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean Fleet 10th March 1938 - Sailed Skyros 12th March 1938 - Sailed Stavros 14th March 1938 - Arrived Malta 11th April 1938 - Arrived and sailed Palma 22nd July 1938 - Lt.Cdr. Charles Woollven Greening, RN In Command 22nd November 1938 - Arrived Gandia 31st March 1939 - Arrived Sorento May 1939 - Completed refit at Portsmouth 13th May 1939 - Sailed Haifa for Alexandria 2nd August 1939 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean 2nd August 1939 - Recommissioned for service in the Mediterranean 4th August 1939 - Sailed UK for the Mediterranean 4th August 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Gibraltar 7th August 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 8th August 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 11th August 1939 - Arrived at Malta to return to the Mediterranean Fleet 2nd September 1939 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Division 3, Mediterranean Fleet 2nd September 1939 - Sailed Malta for Alexandria 2nd October 1939 - Sailed Malta 5th October 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for duty with the South Atlantic Command at Freetown 11th October 1939 - Arrived Freetown escorting Athlone Castle 23rd November 1939 - Force F. For escort duties 23rd November 1939 - At Trinidad 20th January 1940 - Sailed Bermuda for Halifax 24th January 1940 - Sailed Bermuda for Halifax 26th January 1940 - Arrived Halifax 27th January 1940 - Damaged by heavy weather, and repaired at Halifax 31st January 1940 - At Halifax under repair 16th February 1940 - Sailed Halifax escorting Convoy HX.20 20th February 1940 - Detached Convoy HX.20 and returned to Halifax 28th February 1940 - Sailed Halifax for Portsmouth 28th February 1940 - Damaged repaired at Halifax. Sailed for England. 11th March 1940 - Arrived Portsmouth for refitting 1st April 1940 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, 3rd Division 1st April 1940 - Repairing at Portsmouth 1st April 1940 - Lt. Cdr. C.W. Greening in Command 12th April 1940 - Completed refitting at Portsmouth 7th September 1940 - Battle Of Punto Stilo, Italy 7th September 1940 - 14th Destroyer Flotilla 27th November 1940 - Force D 27th November 1940 - Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia 14th December 1940 - Sank Italian submarine Naiade off Bardia 1st February 1941 - Lt. William James Munn, RN In Command 27th March 1941 - Participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan 29th May 1941 - Sunk | |||
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Last edited : 18:50, March 26, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 12:30, December 9, 2010
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