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HMS Basilisk |
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HMS Basilisk Laid Down : 19th August 1929 Launched : 6th August 1930 Completed : 4th March 1931 Type : Destroyer Class : B Builder : John Brown Country : UK Pennants : H11 Fate : Sunk 1st June 1940 off Dunkirk. |
Displacement: 1,360 tons Speed: 35kts Complement: 138. Armament: Four 4.7 inch guns, two 2 pdr anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes. |
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HMS Basilisk, 1930s. | HMS Basilisk. (P) |
Timeline Entries : | |||
6th August 1930 - Launched 6th August 1930 - Pennant H11 1st September 1931 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean 1st September 1931 - Sailed Malta 3rd September 1931 - Arrived Skiathos 11th September 1931 - Arrived Thasos 11th September 1931 - Sailed Skiathos 24th September 1931 - Arrived Mudros 24th September 1931 - Sailed Thasos 6th October 1931 - Arrived Milos 16th October 1931 - Sailed Milos 17th October 1931 - Arrived Suda Bay 26th October 1931 - Arrived Malta 7th January 1932 - Sailed Malta 29th January 1932 - Arrived Malta 30th March 1932 - Arrived Cagliari 4th April 1932 - Sailed Cagliari for Bizerta 5th April 1932 - Arrived Bizerta 14th April 1932 - Arrived Aranci Bay 22nd April 1932 - Arrived Malta 22nd April 1932 - Cmdr. R. F. B. Swinley in Command 1st October 1932 - Cmdr. R. F. B. Swinley in Command 1st October 1932 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla. Mediterranean Fleet 14th January 1933 - Arrived Suda Bay 25th January 1933 - Sailed Suda Bay 25th January 1933 - Arrived Gulf of Patras 1st February 1933 - Arrived Malta 7th March 1933 - Sailed Malta for Pollensa Bay 10th March 1933 - Arrived Palma 28th March 1933 - Sailed Pollensa for Golfe Juan 30th March 1933 - Arrived Golfe Juan 3rd April 1933 - Arrived Leghorn 3rd April 1933 - Sailed Golfe Juan for Leghorn 12th April 1933 - Arrived Gulf of St. Tropez 24th April 1933 - Sailed Gulf of St. Tropez 24th April 1933 - Sailed St. Tropez for Malta 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 28th July 1933 - Arrived Korcula 1st August 1933 - Arrived Gruz 5th August 1933 - Arrived Kotor 27th October 1933 - Sailed UK for Gibraltar and work up 4th December 1933 - Sailed Gibralta for Malta 9th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for cruise 10th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for short winter cruise 11th January 1934 - Arrived Bougie 25th January 1934 - Arrived Malta 3rd March 1934 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 23rd March 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 27th March 1934 - Arrived Golfe Juan 10th April 1934 - Arrived Toulon 10th April 1934 - Arrived Gulf of St. Tropez 10th April 1934 - Cdr. F.S.W. de Winton in Command 13th April 1934 - Sailed Toulon 24th April 1934 - Sailed St. Tropez for Malta 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 31st August 1934 - Arrived Malaluka Bay 8th October 1934 - Arrived Rogoznica 8th October 1934 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 2nd November 1934 - Cdr. F.S.W. de Winton Assumed Command 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 7th April 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar for Toulon 10th April 1935 - Arrived Toulon 13th April 1935 - Sailed Toulon 22nd April 1935 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 31st July 1935 - Arrived Malta February 1936 - Cdr. F.S.W. de Winton Relinquished Command 26th July 1936 - Arrived Gibraltar 28th July 1936 - Arrived Cartegena 4th March 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 28th April 1937 - Sailed Plymouth for Portland 22nd May 1937 - Arrived Portland 5th June 1937 - Arrived Plymouth 17th July 1937 - Sailed St. Jean de Luz on patrol 25th July 1937 - Arrived St. Jean de Luz 6th August 1937 - Arrived Plymouth 11th March 1938 - Sailed Gibraltar 29th March 1938 - Arrived Plymouth 5th July 1938 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla 5th July 1938 - Commenced Combined exercises 10th July 1938 - Completed Combined exercises 24th January 1939 - Arrived Portland 24th January 1939 - Sailed Plymouth for Portland 7th February 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 27th February 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 27th February 1939 - Combined Exercise 3rd March 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 6th March 1939 - Combined Exercise 6th March 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 10th March 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 8th May 1939 - Arrived Dartmouth 12th May 1939 - Arrived Plymouth 8th June 1939 - Arrived Plymouth 29th July 1939 - Cdr. Maxwell Richmond, RN in Command 5th August 1939 - Arrived Portland 8th August 1939 - Arrived Weymouth Bay 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 3rd September 1939 - 19th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 37, Nore Command 29th October 1939 - Joined new 23rd Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich 31st October 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Rosyth 31st October 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Rosyth 1st November 1939 - Arrived Rosyth. Sailed Rosyth same day 1st November 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 2nd November 1939 - Escort for Minelaying between Tail of the Falls and Sandettie Bank 2nd November 1939 - In passage from Harwich to Dover to cover minelaying mission HW 12th November 1939 - Sailed Grimsby. Escorted HMS Adventure to Portsmouth 12th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth for the Humber, were held up by fog near Outer Dowsing 13th November 1939 - Took injured from mined HMS Adventure 10th December 1939 - Sailed Dover for Boulogneescorting HMS Corington with HM King George VI 13th December 1939 - Relieved from escorting Depot Ship Woolwich 14th December 1939 - Escorting minelayer Princess Victoria 15th December 1939 - Attacked U.57, 17 miles east of North Foreland 16th December 1939 - Relieved HMS Brazen escorting Destroyer Depot Ship HMS Woolwich 18th December 1939 - Arrived on the Clyde 1st February 1940 - Sailed Dover for Boulogne with Lord Gort, and came back d later that day carrying the Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of Imperial General Staff and other staff members 4th February 1940 - Sailed from Dover with the Prime Minister, War Cabinet & Chief of Staff for Boulogne 4th February 1940 - Sailed Dover for Boulogne. and returned to Dover that evening 26th February 1940 - Sailed Dover for refitting at Chatham. 1st April 1940 - 19th Destroyer Flotilla 37th Division Captain D 1st April 1940 - Cdr. M. Richmond in Command 1st April 1940 - Repairing at Blackwall 1st June 1940 - Sunk 1st June 1940 - Cdr. M. Richard, RN in Command |
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Last edited : 17:45, February 25, 2011
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