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HMS Hero Laid Down : 28th February 1935 Launched : 10th March 1936 Completed : 23rd October 1936 Type : Destroyer Class : H Builder : Vickers Country : UK Pennants : H99 Fate : To Canada (Chaudiere) 15th November 1943. Later became : HMCS Chaudiere |
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  HMS Hero, June 1939. |
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10th March 1936 - Launched 10th March 1936 - Pennant H99 21st October 1936 - Commissioned for acceptance trials 23rd October 1936 - Arrived Portsmouth 23rd October 1936 - Commissioned 23rd October 1936 - Arrived Portsmouth 21st May 1937 - Arrived Cadiz 27th May 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 3rd June 1937 - Arrived Cadiz January 1938 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean Fleet 10th March 1938 - Arrived Port Pteleos 12th March 1938 - Arrived and sailed St. Konstantinos Bay 14th March 1938 - Arrived Malta 18th April 1938 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 21st April 1938 - Arrived Malta 1st August 1938 - Arrived and Sailed Calderas 31st March 1939 - Arrived Sorento May 1939 - Completed refit at Portsmouth 13th May 1939 - Sailed Haifa for Alexandria June 1939 - Cdr. Cyril Francis Tower, RN In Command 2nd August 1939 - Recommissioned for service in the Mediterranean 2nd August 1939 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean 4th August 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Gibraltar 4th August 1939 - Sailed UK for the Mediterranean 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 - Sailed Malta for Alexandria 2nd September 1939 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Division 3, Mediterranean Fleet 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 18th November 1939 - Sailed Freetown to operate south of Freetown along the convoy route 25th November 1939 - Arrived Freeport 1st December 1939 - Covering the Freetown to Natal shipping route 12th December 1939 - North of St Paul Rocks 15th December 1939 - Arrived at Pernambuco from Freetown, refuelled immediately, and departed for Rio de Janeiro 16th December 1939 - Sailed Pernambuco for the River Plate 18th December 1939 - Searched for supply ship Altmark 22nd December 1939 - Arrived River Plate 24th December 1939 - Arrived Freetown 7th January 1940 - Sailed Freetown escorting HMS Renown 8th January 1940 - Sailed Freetown and joined aircraft carrier Ark Royal off Sierra Leone 10th January 1940 - Detached from HMS Renown for refuelling 19th January 1940 - Arrived Freetown 20th January 1940 - Sailed Freetown as local escort for Convoy SLF.17 22nd January 1940 - Sailed Freetown 29th January 1940 - Arrived Gibraltar 7th February 1940 - Joined Convoy OG.17F 8th February 1940 - Arrived Gibraltar with Convoy OG.17F 10th February 1940 - Sailed Gibraltar for England 10th February 1940 - Sailed Gibraltar 11th February 1940 - Searched for the German ships which had escaped from Vigo 13th February 1940 - Screened HMS Exeter en route to England 15th February 1940 - Arrived Portsmouth 29th February 1940 - Under repair at Portsmouth 10th March 1940 - Cdr. Hilary Worthington Biggs, RN In Command 15th March 1940 - Searched for Submarine Seventeen miles south of Needles 15th March 1940 - Search for Submarine in Christchurch Bay and Poole Bay. 16th March 1940 - Sailed Portsmouth for the Clyde 17th March 1940 - Sailed The Clyde with RFA Petrobus 19th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 19th March 1940 - Covered Convoys HN.20 and ON.21 and Operation DU Activities 19th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 19th March 1940 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla 24th March 1940 - Arrived Sullom Voe to refuel and sailed for anti-submarine patrol west of Fair Island Channel. 25th March 1940 - Sailed Sullom Voe to search for survivors East of Orkney 25th March 1940 - Carrying out Anti-submarine operations N.E. of the Orkneys 26th March 1940 - After a search for a German submarine, joined the Home Fleet 1st April 1940 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, 3rd Division 1st April 1940 - Cdr. H.W. Biggs in Command 13th April 1940 - Second Battle of Narvik 19th April 1940 - Involved in the Battle of Cape Spada (North-Western Crete). 7th September 1940 - 14th Destroyer Flotilla 7th September 1940 - Battle Of Punto Stilo, Italy 25th October 1941 - Picked up survivors off HMS Latona North of Bardia 31st March 1942 - Lt. Walter Scott, RN In Command 13th June 1942 - Sailed from Alexandria to join Convoy MW11 which had sailed earlier from Egypt (Operation VIGOROUS). 14th June 1942 - Met convoy and came under air attacks. Under threat of attack by U77 15th June 1942 - Under attack by German E-Boats 4th April 1943 - Sailed Gibraltar for the USA 7th April 1943 - Arrived Ponta Delgada 8th April 1943 - Sailed Ponta Delgada 9th April 1943 - Developed engine defects and detached as escort to HMS Argonaut 15th November 1943 - Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy | |||
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Last edited : 19:05, March 26, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 12:32, December 9, 2010
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