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HMS Eclipse |
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HMS Eclipse Laid Down : 22nd March 1933 Launched : 12th April 1934 Completed : 29th November 1934 Type : Destroyer Class : E Builder : Denny Country : UK Sequence : This is the 7th ship with this name. Pennants : H08 Fate : Sunk 24th October 1943. |  |
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  HMS Eclipse, July 1935. |
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 HMS Nelson, with HMS Battler and HMS Eclipse, August 1943. | |
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12th April 1934 - Pennant H08 12th April 1934 - Launched 29th November 1934 - Commissioned 29th November 1934 - Commissioned at Dumbarton 29th November 1934 - Commissioned 1st December 1934 - Arrived Plymouth 1st December 1934 - Lt Cdr. James Abernethy McCoy Assumed Command 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th January 1935 - Arrived Arosa Bay 20th January 1935 - Sailed Arosa Bay for the West Indies February 1935 - Lt Cdr. James Abernethy McCoy Relinquished Command 24th June 1935 - Arrived Portland 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 10th September 1936 - Arrived Newcastle 25th September 1936 - Arrived Invergordon 25th September 1936 - Arrived Invergordon 6th March 1937 - Arrived St. Jean de Luz 16th March 1937 - Sailed Rio de Barquero for UK 27th April 1937 - Arrived Portland 27th April 1937 - Sailed Plymouth for Portland 22nd May 1937 - Arrived Portland 18th June 1937 - Sailed Portland for Oslo 9th July 1937 - Arrived Torbay 16th July 1937 - Arrived Portland 20th July 1937 - Sailed Portsmouth for Stranraer 22nd July 1937 - Arrived Stranraer 7th October 1937 - Arrived Portland 23rd October 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar January 1938 - 5th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 29th March 1938 - Arrived Plymouth 19th July 1938 - Escorted The King and Queen from Dover to France 1st January 1939 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.6 17th January 1939 - Sailed Plymouth 24th January 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 31st July 1939 - Lt.Cdr. Eric Langton Woodhall, RN In Command 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 3rd September 1939 - 12th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 23, Western Approaches Command 3rd September 1939 - At Plymouth 1st October 1939 - Attacked a submarine contact in 51-12N, 4-22W 5th October 1939 - Sailed Quiberon Bay escorting Convoy BC.7S 8th October 1939 - Arrived Barry Roads 9th October 1939 - Departed Bristol Channel escorting Convoy BC.10S 11th October 1939 - Arrived in the Loire with Convoy BC.10S 12th October 1939 - Sailed the Loire escorting Convoy BC.9S 13th October 1939 - Escorting convoy BC.9S. Attacked a submarine contact off the Lizard, in 49-38N, 5-45W. 14th October 1939 - Arrived Bristol Channel with Convoy BC.95 31st October 1939 - At Plymouth with defects 9th November 1939 - Searched for a submarine in 48.27N, 15.40W 9th November 1939 - Searched for U-boat 250 miles SW of Fastnet 9th November 1939 - Lt.Cdr. Ivo Thomas Clark, RN In Command 15th November 1939 - Submarine hunting in 53.50N, 5.25W 16th November 1939 - Searched for a submarine in 48.47N, 8.28W 17th November 1939 - Submarine hunting in 48.05N, 6.32W 25th November 1939 - Sailed Plymouth 27th November 1939 - Off Northern Ireland unsuccessfully searching for a U-boat 29th November 1939 - Arrived The Clyde 30th November 1939 - Sailed the Clyde 30th November 1939 - Sailed the Clyde 4th December 1939 - Arrived in the Clyde 4th December 1939 - Arrived the Clyde 8th December 1939 - Arrived Liverpool 9th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde to rendezvous and escort arriving battleship HMS Barham 11th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde to escort HMS Barham 14th December 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 15th December 1939 - Searched Submarine contact off Buchanness 16th December 1939 - Picked up survivors from Swedish steamer Lister 17th December 1939 - Sailed the Tyne escorting HMS Jervis Bay as far as the Pentland Skerries 18th December 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 29th December 1939 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.6 29th December 1939 - Detached from Convoy ON.6 1st January 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.6 4th January 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.6 5th January 1940 - Escorted a MT convoy from Methil to the Tyne. 5th January 1940 - Sailed Methil with a group of merchant ships for the Tyne 9th January 1940 - Arrived at Invergordon with minelayer Princess Victoria 12th January 1940 - Escort for minelaying operation PA 1 13th January 1940 - Arrived Rosyth 15th January 1940 - Sailed Methil Escorting a MT convoy to the Tyne 15th January 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy to The Tyne 16th January 1940 - Returned Methil with half of Convoy due to bad weather 18th January 1940 - Sailed Methil Escorting a MT convoy to the Tyne 22nd January 1940 - Escorted cable ship Royal Scot from Leith. 23rd January 1940 - Attacked a submarine contact ENE of May Island 25th January 1940 - Sailed Aberdeen escorting steamer Rutland to Scapa Flow. 26th January 1940 - Arrived at Rosyth. 6th February 1940 - Sailed Aberdeen for minelaying operation LD.1 9th February 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.11 12th February 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.11 15th February 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 17th February 1940 - Sailed Methil Escorting Convoy ON.14 20th February 1940 - Sailed Kirkwall escorting Convoy ON.14 22nd February 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.14 22nd February 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.14 22nd February 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.14 24th February 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.14 25th February 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 25th February 1940 - Arrived UK with West Coast section of Convoy HN.14 26th February 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 29th February 1940 - Joined Convoy ON.16 2nd March 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.16 2nd March 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.16 5th March 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.16 7th March 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.18 10th March 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.18 10th March 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.18 13th March 1940 - Arrived Methil with the east coast section of Convoy HN.18 19th March 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.21 22nd March 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.21 23rd March 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.21 25th March 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.21 1st April 1940 - 12th Destroyer Flotilla, 24th Division 1st April 1940 - Lt. Cdr. I.T. Clark in Command 5th April 1940 - Escort for Convoy ON25 on passage to Norway. 10th January 1942 - Lt.Cdr. Edward Mack, DSC, RN In Command 1st March 1942 - Escort for Russian Convoy PQ 12 and return QP 08 to Iceland 20th March 1942 - Lt. Cdr. E. Mack in Command 24th March 1943 - Sunk 10th June 1943 - At Batentsburg alongside HMS Bermuda for refuelling | |||
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