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HMS Hardy |
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HMS Hardy Laid Down : 30th May 1935 Launched : 7th April 1936 Completed : 11th December 1936 Type : Destroyer Class : H Builder : Cammell Laird Country : UK Pennants : H87 Fate : Beached 10th April 1940. |
The ship was beached after sustaining damage at the Battle of Narvik. |
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5th September 1934 - Ordered 27th October 1934 - Arrived Rosyth 18th January 1935 - Arrived Arosa Bay 30th May 1935 - Laid down at Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) 1936 - Spanish Civil War 1936 - Spanish Civil War 7th April 1936 - Pennant H87 7th April 1936 - Launched 10th December 1936 - Commissioned 11th December 1936 - Commissioned 21st May 1937 - Arrived Palma 29th May 1937 - Arrived Marseilles 4th June 1937 - Arrived Barcelona 9th June 1937 - Sailed Valencia for Gibraltar 19th June 1937 - Arrived Malta 14th December 1937 - Arrived Oran January 1938 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean Fleet 12th January 1938 - Sailed Port Trebuka for Mudros 24th March 1938 - Arrived Gibraltar 6th March 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 23rd March 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 23rd March 1939 - Arrived Ajaccio 30th March 1939 - Sailed Ajaccio 31st March 1939 - Arrived Sorrento 31st March 1939 - Arrived Sorento 10th April 1939 - Sailed Sorrento 11th April 1939 - Arrived Malta May 1939 - Completed refit at Plymouth 13th May 1939 - Sailed Haifa for Alexandria 28th July 1939 - Capt. Bernard Armitage Warburton-Lee, RN in Command 28th July 1939 - Capt. Bernard Armitage Warburton-Lee Assumed Command 28th July 1939 - Capt. B.A.W. Warburton-Lee Assumed Command 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 Plymouth 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, 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 - Joined Aircraft Carrier Ark Royal and Battlecruiser Renown 12th October 1939 - Arrived Freetown 14th October 1939 - Sailed Freetown for patrol duties 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 13th January 1940 - Sailed Freetown escorting Convoy SLF.16 13th January 1940 - Sailed Freetown escorting Convoy SLF.16 20th January 1940 - Detached Convoy for Gibraltar 22nd January 1940 - Sailed Gibraltar with Convoy SLF.16 25th January 1940 - Arrived Plymouth for Docking and repair 31st January 1940 - At Plymouth with defects 12th February 1940 - Sailed Portland for the Clyde. 14th February 1940 - Arrived Greenock for duty with the Home Fleet 19th February 1940 - Sailed Greenock 21st February 1940 - Hunted a submarine ENE of Muckle Flugga 24th February 1940 - Arrived Greenock. 28th February 1940 - Sailed the Clyde 2nd March 1940 - Sailed Portsmouth for the Clyde 2nd March 1940 - Sailed Plymouth for the Clyde 3rd March 1940 - Arrived the Clyde 3rd March 1940 - Arrived the Clyde 5th March 1940 - Arrived Greenock 5th March 1940 - Sailed Greenock screening AMCs for firing drills 7th March 1940 - Sailed The Clyde 9th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 11th March 1940 - Anti Submarine exercises at Scapa Flow 12th March 1940 - Escorted 1st Cruiser Squadron on a full caliber shoot west of the Orkneys 12th March 1940 - Searched for submarine reported by aircraft east of South Ronaldsay 13th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 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 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla 19th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 1st April 1940 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, Captain D 1st April 1940 - Captain B.A.W. Warburton in Command 10th April 1940 - First Battle of Narvik 10th April 1940 - Capt. Bernard Armitage Warburton-Lee Relinquished Command 10th April 1940 - Sunk 10th April 1940 - Capt. B.A.W. Warburton-Lee Relinquished Command |
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Last edited : 19:20, January 7, 2012
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 11:36, April 27, 2011
By : kc
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