1
9 3 9
August
Commissioned
with RNR personnel for Royal Review at Weymouth.
War
Station nominated for service with 15th
Destroyer Flotilla.
September
Remained
in commission and deployed in English Channel for convoy defence.
12th
Deployed with HM Destroyer SCIMITAR as
escort for military convoy DB1 from
Solent
during
passage to Brest
with troops of BEF.
October
Transferred
to 17th Destroyer Flotilla for convoy
defence and patrol in Western
Approaches
Command
based at Plymouth.
November
Deployed
on Atlantic convoy escort and
anti-submarine patrol in SW Approaches.
to
December
1
9 4 0
January
Atlantic
convoy defence deployment in
continuation.
to
February
March
31st
Joined escort for inward Convoy HG24F
from Gibraltar
during passage to Liverpool in SW
Approaches.
April
3rd
Detached from HG24F and returned to Plymouth.
8th
Detached for duty
with Hone Fleet after German attack on
Norway.
Passage to Scapa
Flow for
deployment as escort for military
convoys to and from Norway.
22nd
Sailed from Rosyth with HM Destroyers
CAMPBELL, IVANHOE, ICARUS, IMPULSIVE
and WITCH as
screen for HM Cruisers GALATEA, SHEFFIELD
and GLASGOW.
(Note:
These ships were all taking troops to
Andalsnes to reinforce earlier landings
(Operation
SICKLE)
23rd
Took return passage after disembarking
troops.
May
Deployed in support of operations off
Norway and for
convoy escort.
10th
Sustained damaged during air attack at
Narvik.
20th
Deployed in evacuations from Dutch coast
ports including Rotterdam and Hook
of Holland
.
(Operation
ORDNANCE).
Pennant
Number for visual signalling purposes
changed to I64 after introduction of new
identities
throughout RN.
June
Deployed
for convoy defence and patrol in SW
Approaches and Channel.
1st
During patrol in SW Approaches
carried out depth charge attacks on
submarine detected by
ASDIC.
Rescued
survivors from ss
CLEARTON sunk by U102
in position
47.3N 09.30W.
After
rescue of survivors resumed hunt for
submarine and
sighted rising oil.
No
further contact made and. further search
abandoned.
Took passage to land
survivors.
(Note : U102
is recorded as lost either by this
attack or
subsequently by- mine
or
other accidental
cause see
U-BOATS DESTROYED by P Kemp and HITLER'S
U-BOAT
WAR by C Blair.
August
Atlantic and Channel convoy defence in
continuation.
September
13th
Convoy defence
and patrol in
continuation.
Deployed
with HM Destroyers MONTROSE, GARTH and
Polish ORP BLYSKAWICA.
Transferred
to 5th Escort Group based at Liverpool in continuation.
Joined
HM Destroyers WALKER, WIVERN, WESTCOTT
and CALDWELL
October
Atlantic
convoy escort duty in continuation based
at Liverpool.
to
November
December
Detached
for duty at Portsmouth.
1
9 4 1
January
Nominated
for convoy defence based in Clyde and took passage from Channel.
12th
Joined military convoy WS5B in Clyde
for Local Escort in NW
Approaches with HM Destroyers
BEAGLE,
FEARLESS, HARVESTER, HIGHLANDER, JACKAL,
LEAMINGTON,
LINCOLN,
WATCHMAN and French
destroyer LEOPARD.
16th
Detached from WS5B
with Local Escort and resumed Channel
duties.
February
22nd
Escorted HM Destroyer ICARUS for minelay
off Le Havre (Operation JK).
26th
Escorted HM Destroyers ICARUS, IMPULSIVE
and INTREPID of 20th Destroyer Flotilla
during
minelay off Cap d'Antifer
(Operation JL).
March
English
Channel deployment in continuation
to
April
May
26th
After sinking of HM Battlecruiser HOOD
took passage to Plymouth to assist with search for
German battleship BISMARCK.
27th
Resumed Channel deployment after BISMARCK
had been sunk by ships of
Home Fleet..
28th
Assisted in rescue of survivors from HM
Ocean Boarding Vessel REGISTAN with HM
Destroyers WIVERN
and WILD SWAN.
(Note : This
ship had been sunk after an
air attack
Landed survivors at
Milford Haven.
31st
Joined military convoy WS8X in Clyde
as Local Escort in NW
Approaches with HM
Destroyers
BRIGHTON,
LEGION, ST MARY'S, SHERWOOD, WILD SWAN,
WIVERN, SAGUENAY
(RCN)
and Polish
ORP
PIORUN.
(Note :
Although HM Cruiser NORFOLK
was deployed to provide
Ocean Escort during
passage
to Freetown,
in view of the threat
presented by BISMARCK strong
additional
cover was
also made
available.)
June
3rd
Detached from WS8X with Local Escort
.
8th
Joined HM
Aircraft Carrier VICTORIOUS with HMS
WIVERN and HMS WILD SWAN.
(Note : HMS
VICTORIOUS had been deployed in search
for German
blockade runner and
was on
passage to Gibraltar
for a Malta aircraft delivery (Operation
TRACER).
13th
After detaching from HMS VICTORIOUS took
passage to Freetown with HMS WILD SWAN
as escort for
military convoy WS9A during Atlantic
passage.
18th
Detached from WS9B
with HMS WILD SWAN on arrival at Freetown.
Joined
HM Destroyers BOREAS, BRILLIANT, VELOX,
VIMY, WILD SWAN, WIVERN and
WRESTLER
for convoy defence based at Freetown.
20th
Provided Local Escort with HM Destroyers
BOREAS, VELOX and WILD SWAN for WS9B on
departure
from Freetown
for Cape of Good Hope
22nd
Detached from WS9B and returned to Freetown.
July
16th
Joined military convoy WS9B with HM
Destroyers BOREAS, BRILLIANT and VELOX
for
Local Escort on
departure from Freetown
for Cape of
Good Hope.
18th
Detached from WS9B with Local Escort and
returned to Freetown.
August
Atlantic
and Local convoy defence
based at Freetown in continuation.
to
November
December
3rd
Escorted coastal convoy (ST10) to Takoradi.
14th
Carried out search for submarines
reported operating in Bathurst
- Cape Verde
Islands.
19th
Joined military convoy WS14 with HMS
WILD SWAN to supplement Local Escort by
HM
Destroyers BRILLIANT
and HURWORTH during passage into Freetown.
21st
Detached with
Local Escort on arrival of WS14 at Freetown.
1
9 4 2
January
Freetown
deployment
in continuation.
21st
Joined military convoy WS15 with HM
Destroyer VIM3C as Local Escort.
25th
Detached from WS15 on arrival at Freetown
February
Transferred
to Gibraltar
for Atlantic convoy defence.
to
Passage to Gibraltar.
June
Deployed
at Gibraltar
for convoy defence.
July
Nominated
for detached service as escort for Malta
relief convoy.
17th
During passage
to Clyde
to join Malta relief convoy diverted to
assist in search
for survivors
from HMS WILD
SWAN.
133
naval personnel and 11 Spanish fishermen
were rescued.
18th
Landed passengers at Milford Haven.
August
Deployed
with HM Destroyers FORESIGHT, FURY,
ICARUS, INTREPID, LAFOREY,
LIGHTNING,
LOOKOUT,
WESTCOTT and WRESTLER as
anti-submarine screen for HM
Aircraft
Carriers
ARGUS, EAGLE,
INDOMITABLE, VICTORIOUS, HM Cruisers
CHARYBDIS, PHOEBE
and SIRIUS
during
exercises in Atlantic
(Operation
BERSERK).
(Note : These
exercises were to prepare for
multi-carrier
operations in defence of planned
Malta
Relief Convoy WS21S during passage in
western Mediterranean.
(Operation
PEDESTAL)
10th
Joined Force Z to provide cover for
passage of Convoy WS21S to Skerki
Bank with
HM
Battleships
NELSON, RODNEY, HM Aircraft Carriers
INDOMITABLE, EAGLE and
VICTORIOUS,
HM Cruisers PHOEBE, SIRIUS and
CHARYBDIS, HM Destroyers
WISHART
LAFOREY, LIGHTNING, LOOKOUT, QUENTIN,
TARTAR, ESKIMO,
SOMALI, ANTELOPE,
ITHURIEL
and
ZETLAND.
11th
HMS EAGLE sunk by U73 east of Algiers.
Under
air attacks
12th
Under attack by
submarines and resumed air attacks.
Force
Z detached from convoy and remained west
of Sicilian
Narrows.
(For
full details of passage of this crucial
convoy see PEDESTAL by P Smith,
Naval Staff
History,
ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by C
Barnett and MALTA
CONVOYS
by R Woodman.
13th
Detached from Force Z with HM Destroyers
AMAZON, ANTELOPE, ITHURIEL,
WESTCOTT,
WISHART and
ZETLAND as screen for HMS INDOMITABLE
and HMS
RODNEY during return
passage
to Gibraltar.
(Note : Other
snips of Force Z remained off Algiers
to meet the snips of Force X
which had
escorted
WS21S ships to Malta
through Sicilian Narrows.
For details see
above references.)
14th
Arrived at Gibraltar
and resumed convoy defence
duties on release from PEDESTAL.
September
Atlantic
convoy defence duties in continuation.
to
Nominated for conversion and refit.
November
(For details of conversion see
V&W DESTROYERS by A. Preston.).
December
Passage to UK.
1
9 4 3
January
Paid-off
and taken in hand for refit and
conversion at commercial shipyard in Middlesbrough
February
Under
refit
to
May
June
Re-commissioned
and carried out post refit harbour and
sea trials.
July
Worked-up
for operational service.
August
Resumed
Atlantic
convoy escort duty in
Western Approaches Command..
to
December
1
9 4 4
January
Deployed
on convoy escort in Atlantic.
to
(See Special Note below)
December
(Note : Did
not take part in support or convoy
escort during Normandy
landings.
See
LANDINGS IN NORMANDY (HMSO).)
1
9 4 5
January
Deployed
on convoy defence in Western Approaches.
to
(Note : During this period
Schnorkel-fitted
U-boats were concentrating attacks
on convoy
focal
April
points
and convoys had been re-routed through
the Channel since threat of air attacks
from
aircraft
based in France
had been removed.
For
these reasons escorts were extensively
re-deployed and support of Channel
convoys
increased.
May
After VE Day withdrawn from
operational
service and placed in Reserve.