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HMS Hotspur |
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HMS Hotspur Laid Down : 27th February 1935 Launched : 23rd March 1936 Completed : 29th December 1936 Type : Destroyer Class : H Builder : Scotts Country : UK Pennants : H01 Fate : To Dominican Republic (Trujillo) 23rd November 1948. Later became : Trujillo |
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HMS Hotspur, May 1947. | HMS Hotspur, May 1947. |
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27th October 1934 - Arrived Rosyth 18th January 1935 - Arrived Arosa Bay 23rd March 1936 - Pennant 23rd March 1936 - Launched 3rd June 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 9th June 1937 - Arrived off Huclva Bay 14th June 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar January 1938 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean Fleet 30th July 1938 - Arrived Malta 3rd January 1939 - Cdr. Herbert Francis Hope Layman, RN In Command 31st March 1939 - Arrived Sorento 13th May 1939 - Sailed Haifa for Alexandria 31st July 1939 - Sailed Alexandria 2nd August 1939 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean 5th August 1939 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 9th August 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 10th August 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 13th August 1939 - Arrived Sheerness 14th August 1939 - Arrived Chatham 26th August 1939 - Sailed Sheerness 29th August 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar then diverted to Freetown 2nd September 1939 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Division 4, Mediterranean Fleet 2nd September 1939 - Sailed Alexandria for patrol off Crete 4th September 1939 - Arrived Malta 5th September 1939 - Sailed Freetown for Buenos Aires 5th September 1939 - Sailed Malta for the North Atlantic Command based at Gibraltar 7th September 1939 - Despatched to Western Approaches Command 2nd October 1939 - Covering outbound shipping from Rio de Janiero 14th October 1939 - Arrived off Montevideo for refuelling and left again that evening 1st November 1939 - Sailed Pernambuco for Trinidad 22nd November 1939 - Sailed Kingston to intercept German steamer Arauca 23rd November 1939 - At Kingston 23rd November 1939 - Force F. For escort duties 4th January 1940 - Sailed Bermuda 14th January 1940 - Attacked a U-boat contact west of Lundy Island in 51-12N, 5-10W 14th January 1940 - Arrived Portsmouth 15th January 1940 - Sailed Portsmouth for Chatham for docking and refitting 31st January 1940 - At Chatham under repair 27th February 1940 - Completed refitting at Chatham 1st March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde escorting tankers for Scapa Flow 6th March 1940 - Sailed Sheerness for the Clyde 8th March 1940 - Arrived The Clyde 9th March 1940 - Arrived Tail in the Bank 9th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde to provide escort for armed merchant cruiser Letitia 14th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow for the Clyde 15th March 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde from Scapa Flow 16th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde for Scapa Flow 17th 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.F.H. Layman in Command 10th April 1940 - First Battle of Narvik 20th October 1940 - Sank the Italian submarine Lafole 27th November 1940 - Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia 27th November 1940 - Force F January 1941 - Lt.Cdr. Cecil Powis Frobisher Brown, DSC, RN In Command 27th March 1941 - Participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan June 1941 - Lt. Terence Desmond Herrick, RN In Command 15th June 1942 - Sunk HMS Hasty after she was torpedoed 28th July 1942 - Lt. Philip Bekenn, RN In Command 25th June 1943 - Cdr. Alec Murray McKillop, RN In Command March 1944 - Lt.Cdr. Leopold Hewetson Landman, RN In Command 1st September 1944 - Lt. Charles Shelly Battersby, RN In Command 3rd February 1945 - Lt.Cdr. Derek Roy Mallinson, RN In Command 1948 - Sold to Dominican Republic |
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Last edited : 21:12, January 26, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 12:33, December 9, 2010
By : kc
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