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HMS Icarus |
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HMS Icarus Laid Down : 9th March 1936 Launched : 26th November 1936 Completed : 1st May 1937 Type : Destroyer Class : I Builder : John Brown Country : UK Pennants : D03, I03 Fate : Scrapped 29th October 1946. |
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  HMS Icarus, May 1937. |
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26th November 1936 - Launched 26th November 1936 - Pennant D03 3rd May 1937 - Lt. Cdr. Colin Douglas Maud, RN In Command 22nd July 1937 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portland 24th July 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 6th August 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 11th August 1937 - Sailed Portland for Portsmouth 14th August 1937 - Sailed Portland for the Mediterranean to join the 3rd Flotilla 14th August 1937 - Lt. Cdr. C.D. Maud in Command 17th August 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 21st August 1937 - Arrived Malta January 1938 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean Fleet 3rd April 1938 - Sailed Marseilles for Palma 4th April 1938 - Arrived and Sailed Palma for Marseilles 8th April 1938 - Arrived Toulon 11th April 1938 - Sailed Marseilles for Palma 29th July 1938 - Arrived Triester 21st March 1939 - Sailed Spain 23rd March 1939 - Arrived Malta 1st September 1939 - Escorted to Alexandria by destroyer Intrepid 1st September 1939 - Damaged in collision with Greek steamer Michalis off Alexandria 2nd September 1939 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Division 6, Mediterranean Fleet 10th September 1939 - Sailed to Malta for repairs 6th October 1939 - Sailed Malta after completing her collision repairs 8th October 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 8th October 1939 - Repairs at Malta completed 11th October 1939 - Arrived Plymouth 13th October 1939 - Sailed Plymouth 14th October 1939 - Sank U-45 14th October 1939 - Assisted in Sinking U.45 south of Ireland 14th October 1939 - Escorting Kingston on Jamaica/UK convoy KJ3 16th October 1939 - Attacked a submarine contact in 49.42N, 9.59E 19th October 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe for duty with the Home Fleet 22nd October 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe to cover the movement of Convoy NV.1 31st October 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 2nd November 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe for Convoy Cover 3rd November 1939 - Sailed Kirkwall 7th November 1939 - Detached for refuelling at Kirkwall 11th November 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow on anti-submarine patrol and returned the next day 15th November 1939 - Joined Convoy HN.2. Detached same sam day for boilerclean at Rosyth 18th November 1939 - Commenced boiler cleaning at Rosyth 21st November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth to search off Fiora for the submarine thought responsible for Belfast mining 24th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth to investigate a submarine report six miles 320° from Rattray Head, and returned to Scapa Flow the next day 25th November 1939 - Hunted for a submarine after a merchant ship reported being attacked 20 miles SE of Aberdeen 26th November 1939 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.3 30th November 1939 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.3 30th November 1939 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HM.3 1st December 1939 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla 1st December 1939 - Searched for missing steamers off Dundee in the Firth of Tay 3rd December 1939 - Carried out an anti-submarine sweep on their way back to Rosyth 4th December 1939 - Sunk U-35 east of the Shetland Islands 4th December 1939 - Searched for a submarine in the Firth of Forth 4th December 1939 - Sailed Rosyth to search for a suspected submarine in the Firth of Forth 4th December 1939 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HM.3 5th December 1939 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.4 8th December 1939 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.4 8th December 1939 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.4 12th December 1939 - Arrived on the Clyde 13th December 1939 - Sailed Greenock 14th December 1939 - Formed 20th Destroyer Flotilla 16th December 1939 - Picked up survivors from Glitrefjell 17th December 1939 - Arrived Greenock 19th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde to Cover Convoys HN.5 and NV.2 25th December 1939 - Arrived at Sullom Voe for refuelling 28th December 1939 - Arrived Liverpool escorting HMS Barham 29th December 1939 - Attacked a submarine contact near HMS Barham 31st December 1939 - Sailed Liverpool escorting HMS Rodney 4th January 1940 - Sailed Greenock on patrol 15th January 1940 - Sailed the Clyde 19th January 1940 - Joined Convoy HN.8 22nd January 1940 - Arrived at Loch Ewe for refuelling. 22nd January 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.8 23rd January 1940 - Attacked a submatine west of Lundy Island 24th January 1940 - Arrived at Portsmouth. 22nd February 1940 - Transferred from the 3rd to the 20th Destroyer Flotilla. 3rd March 1940 - Laid mines in Operation IE-1 in the channels through the German mine fields in the Heligoland Bight 3rd March 1940 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla 3rd March 1940 - Arrived Humber after Operation 1E-1 was cancelled 7th March 1940 - Sailed the Humber for Invergordon 9th March 1940 - Arrived Invergordon 11th March 1940 - Sailed Invergordon for minelaying mission PA 3 off Kinnaird Head in Moray Firth 14th March 1940 - Arrived the Humber 17th March 1940 - Sailed the Humber for Invergordon 19th March 1940 - Arrived Invergordon 20th March 1940 - Sailed Invergordon on minelaying mission PA 4 in the Moray Firth 21st March 1940 - Arrived Rosyth 21st March 1940 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla 21st March 1940 - Patrolling in the Moray Firth 22nd March 1940 - Patrolling in the Moray Firth 24th March 1940 - Moray Firth Patrol 24th March 1940 - Patrolled the approaches to Stromsay Firth 25th March 1940 - Moray Firth for patrol 25th March 1940 - A/S Submarine work between Scapa Flow and Sullom Voe 1st April 1940 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla, 40th Division 1st April 1940 - Lt. Cdr. C.D. Maud in Command 13th April 1940 - Second Battle of Narvik 1st March 1942 - Escort for Russian Convoy PQ 12 and return QP 08 to Iceland 27th October 1942 - Lt.Cdr. Eric Norman Walmsley, DSC, RN In Command 31st May 1943 - Lt.Cdr. Richard Dyer, RN In Command 11th December 1944 - Lt.Cdr. David Drummond Bone, RN In Command June 1945 - Cdr. (retired) Michael Wentworth Ewart-Wentworth, RN In Command 1946 - Broken up | |||
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