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HMS Boadicea Laid Down : 11th July 1929 Launched : 23rd September 1930 Completed : 7th April 1931 Type : Destroyer Class : B Builder : Hawthorn Leslie Country : UK Pennants : H65 Fate : Sunk by aircraft 13th June 1944 while supporting the Normandy landings. |  |
| 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 Boadicea, January 1938. |   HMS Boadicea c.1933 (P) |   HMS Boadicea (P) |
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23rd September 1930 - Pennant H65 23rd September 1930 - Launched 1st September 1931 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean 1st September 1931 - Sailed Malta 3rd September 1931 - Arrived Skiathos 11th September 1931 - Sailed Skiathos 11th September 1931 - Arrived Thasos 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. H. M. Hughes in Command 1st October 1932 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla. Mediterranean Fleet 1st October 1932 - Cmdr. H. M. Hughes inCommand 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 - Sailed Golfe Juan for Leghorn 3rd April 1933 - Arrived 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 26th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 26th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 5th August 1933 - Arrived Kotor 18th October 1933 - Commander Mackintosh. LD DSO DSC RN in Command 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 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 Gulf of St. Tropez 24th April 1934 - Sailed St. Tropez for Malta July 1934 - Left Command Commander Mackintosh. LD DSO DSC RN 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 31st August 1934 - Arrived Malaluka Bay 8th October 1934 - Arrived Rogoznica 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 22nd April 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 22nd April 1935 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla 25th April 1935 - Arrived Malta 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 31st July 1935 - Arrived Malta 4th February 1936 - Arrived Alexandria 5th March 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 5th June 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 7th August 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 17th November 1937 - Sailed Oran 11th March 1938 - Sailed Gibraltar 29th March 1938 - Arrived Portsmouth 5th July 1938 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla 5th July 1938 - Commenced Combined exercises 10th July 1938 - Completed Combined exercises 16th December 1938 - Lt.Cdr. George Bodley Kingdon, RN In Command 17th January 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Alexandria 22nd January 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 22nd January 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 25th January 1939 - Sailed Malta for Alexandria 25th January 1939 - Arrived Malta 30th March 1939 - Arrived Sheerness 9th May 1939 - Paid Off 10th May 1939 - Lt. Cdr R.M. Aubrey in Command 10th May 1939 - Recommissioned 11th May 1939 - Lt. Cdr R.M. Aubrey 11th May 1939 - Paid off and Recommissioned with the crewe of HMS Wanderer 8th June 1939 - Arrived Sheerness 1st August 1939 - Arrived Dover 1st August 1939 - Sailed Sheerness for Dover 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 31st August 1939 - Sailed Dover on patrol 3rd September 1939 - 19th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 38, Nore Command 29th October 1939 - Left the 22nd Destroyer Flotilla 29th October 1939 - Joined new 23rd Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich 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 5th November 1939 - Joined the 22nd Destroyer Flotilla 8th November 1939 - Sailed Immingham to join Convoy FN.33 9th November 1939 - Arrived Methil with Convoy FN.33 11th November 1939 - On East Coast patrol 19th November 1939 - Sailed Harwich to investigate a Belgian steamer in the North Sea 20th November 1939 - Carried out a submarine sweep in the North Sea 20th November 1939 - Attacked U.19 off Cromer Light 21st November 1939 - Sailed Harwich for a sweep in the North Sea in operation GT.1 1st December 1939 - Unsuccessfully searched for a U-boat near Kentish Knock and the Tongue Light Vessel 5th December 1939 - Searched for submarine contact off Folkestone 10th December 1939 - Sailed Dover for Boulogneescorting HMS Corington with HM King George VI 31st December 1939 - At Dover repairing 31st January 1940 - At Dover under repair 18th February 1940 - Escorted minelaying operation Laid Deep Line S in operation DML.8 east of Outer Gabbard 19th February 1940 - Proceeded to Immingham 24th February 1940 - Withdrawn from patrol for repairs to her port propeller shaft. 4th March 1940 - Left patrol to assist tanker Charles T. Meyer 7th March 1940 - Sailed Dover to escort Auxiliary Minelayer Hampton 12th March 1940 - Went alongside Sandhurst for boiler cleaning and degaussing 21st March 1940 - Took the Chief of the General Staff (CIGS) to Boulogne 22nd March 1940 - Covered the operations of the 10th Minesweeping Flotilla between North Goodwin Bank and Fairy Bank Buoy. 1st April 1940 - 19th Destroyer Flotilla 38th Division 1st April 1940 - Lt. Cdr. G.B. Kingdon in Command 10th January 1941 - Lt.Cdr. Michael Wilfred Tomkinson, RN In Command February 1942 - Lt.Cdr. Francis Cumberland Brodrick, RN In Command 28th December 1943 - Lt.Cdr. Frederick William Hawkins, RN In Command 6th June 1944 - Participated in the Normandy Landings 13th June 1944 - Sunk 13th Jun | |||
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