500 - 4.7" and 123 - 4" shells. These lights the Kelvin and Jackal, who were operating in Kissamo Bay, were ordered to investigate, and finding them to be shore lights, proceeded independently for Alexandria informing the Commander-in-Chief of this intention at 0300/23. In the evening of the 16th the Task Force was attacked by Japanese aircraft. Tyrwhitt, RN) and HMS Nubian (Cdr. [8] The ceremony was held in Southampton on 11 October 2010 before the ship set sail on her maiden voyage to the Canary Islands the following day. L.R.K. They were escorted by the battleships HMS Malaya (Capt. Destroyers HMS Arrow (Cdr. J.C. Dawson, RD, RNR). She was replaced by HMAS Perth. R.M. Watkins, RN) maintained a patrol off Heraklion without incident. Richardson, DSO, RN), HMS Janus (Cdr. It was during this rescue work that Cdr. When only about 100 nautical miles out, they were attacked by two Ju.88âs, who dived from the direction of the sun. 1200 rations were dropped by air at Plaka, in case any should get there, but it was decided to send ships to Sphakia only. L.R.K. C.B. Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel, Files 2.12.03.6853, 2.12.27.121 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands) and ADM 199/1388, Files 2.12.03.6853 and 2.12.27.121 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands) and WO 203 / 4621 (British National Archives, Kew, London), Files 2.12.03.6853 and 2.12.27.121 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands) and WO 203 / 4767 (British National Archives, Kew, London), Files 2.12.03.6854 and 2.12.27.121 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands) and WO 203 / 4622 (British National Archives, Kew, London), Files 2.12.03.6854 and 2.12.27.121 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands) and WO 203 / 4778 and ADM 199 / 193 (British National Archives, Kew, London), Files 2.12.03.6854 and 2.12.27.121 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands) and WO 203 / 4630 (British National Archives, Kew, London). With 800 troops on board and with a large cargo of petrol it was a nasty situation. High level, dive bombing and torpedo. R.J. Gardner, RN) had been sent out to meet her. They fired a total of 294 - 15", 134 - 8", 324 - 6", ca. Sim, RN) and the destroyers HMS Jervis (Capt. Morgan, DSO, RN) and the destroyers HMS Jervis (Capt. Fisher, CBE, RN, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral H.B. Herrick, DSC, RN), HMS Havock (Lt. G.R.G. Nothing was sighted except for one enemy aircraft. P (port) 3, 4.5â gun turret in Renown malfunctioned and fired two round into the back of No. Course was then altered by âForce Bâ to the eastward to reduce the distance between the two forces. A. St.Clair-Ford, RN) and HMS Jackal (Lt.Cdr. HMS Neptune, HMS Abdiel and HMS Kimberley were then detached with orders to proceed to Port Said where they arrived on 24 July. Dawn on 23 May 1941 found the naval forces in the waters around Crete considerably scattered. Cooke, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral H.D. Early on the 22nd, a British counter attack reached Maleme airfield, but heavy dive bombing, and machine gun fire from air and ground rendered further progress impossible. Early the next forenoon it was realised that under the existing conditions they would not have a chance of reaching the island and they too were recalled. Sinclair, RN) and HMS Velox (Lt.Cdr. These tankers were able to proceed at 10 knots. W.G.A. Le Geyt, RN) arrived at Scapa Flow around 0700 hours. Mack, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Jupiter (Lt.Cdr. She was still able to steam 20 knots. May, RN) and HMS Eskimo (Lt.Cdr. HMS Barham was hit on âYâ turret and two of her bulges were flooded by near misses. R.V. The enemy aircraft report was intercepted at 1025 hours. W.D.A. Back, the Flag captain of HMS Orion was wounded and died two hours later. Paget, RN), with reinforcements on board and escorted by HMS Coventry (A/Capt. White, RN), and the corvettes HMS Convolvulus (T/Lt. Pawsey, RN), HMS Petard (Lt.Cdr. Messages received from the G.O.C. C.B. J.S.M. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for STERLING PRODUCTS COMPANY, TORONTO, ONTARIO ON POSTAL STATIONERY - 1926 at the best online prices at eBay! This was later changed to âfill up to maximum capacityâ. Visibility was still poor with patches of heavy rain. Marshall-AâDeane, DSO, DSC, RN) and Griffin) had been ordered by the Commander-in-Chief to leave their patrol off Cape Matapan and to proceed with dispatch to Heraklion where part of the town and harbour were reported to be in enemy hands. Torpedo bombers attacked the force at 1258 and 1315 hours but all torpedoes were avoided. Two Fulmars were lost, the crew of one of them was saved. Gregory-Smith, RN) and HMS Farndale (Cdr. HMS Kipling with the survivors from HMS Kelly and HMS Kashmir on board was about 70 miles from Alexandria, practically out of fuel. Richardson, DSO, RN) departed Alexandria between 0945 and 1040 hours to conduct exericses at sea. On leaving Exmouth Gulf the fleet was spotted by the merhant vessel Aroona. H.St.L. OâDonnell, DSO, RN), the British battlecruiser HMS Renown (Capt. At this time Faulknor, Forester and Fury joined Group I. Accordingly HMS Ajax, HMS Havock, HMS Hotspur and HMS Imperial were detached to attack Benghazi during the night of 7/8 May. The bulk of the fleet returned to Alexandria on 25 July. G.L. All three 'Queens' met once more, but this time in Southampton in order to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. S. Hryniewiecki, ORP) and HMCS Huron (Lt.Cdr. Servaes, CBE, RN) joined after which HMS Repulse, HMS Highlander, HMS Fortune and HMS Fury were detached with orders to proceed to position 45°00'N, 21°00'W to make rendez-vous with the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth (Capt. Initially she was able to remain with the convoy but around 0140 hours she was slowly sinking having also been on fire. de Winton, RN), HMS Racehorse (Cdr. Denny, CB, CBE, RN), the British heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland (Capt. Around 0700 hours the Tiger convoy was joined by HMS Dido and HMS Phoebe. HMS Kelvin and HMS Jackal were to the south-west of Crete and returning to Alexandria where they arrived on May, 24th. During her construction she was more commonly known by her shipyard number, Hull 552. âThe Army is just holding its own against constant reinforcement of airborne enemy troops. Capt. One Japanese aircraft was seen to go up in flames. Sir C. Madden, RN), the British heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland (Capt. By this time Force B had suffered badly. These two destroyers actually joined on the 29th. Force B was ordered to pass close to Cape Matapan at 0400/21 and then rendezvous with Force A 1 about 50 miles west of Crete at 0700/21. HMS Cumberland and HMS Ceylon then took over. Evacuation of the Heraklion garrison, 1st night, 28-29 May 1941. Barry, DSO, RN) departed Portsmouth for Rosyth where she was to complete her refit. [7], Following the ship's construction in Italy from 2007 to 2010, Cunard Line officially confirmed that Queen Elizabeth II would name Cunard's new ship. Richardson, DSO, RN), HMS Kingston (Lt.Cdr. Later HMS Rotherham also engaged coastal batteries but from a closer range. M.W. At 1457 hours, Rear-Admiral King therefore ordered the rescuing ships to withdraw at their discretion, leaving boats and rafts if air attack prevented the rescue of survivors from Greyhound. On their return these aircraft made a practice attack on Renown and Ark Royal. Information about the vessel may be found at IMO 5287902. Their attack on Benghazi had been successful although there was little shipping in the harbour two transports were intercepted after the bombardment. At 1740 hours Renown, in position 37°05âN, 00°21âW sighted a French merchant ship most likely en-route to Oran. A dive bombing attack by 4 Ju.88âs at 1300/25 was successfully avoided. Several compartments were flooded by near misses, and at 1125 hours, her speed being reduced to 16-19 knots, the remainder of the force was ordered back to her support. On the ground they destroyed 12 enemy aircraft (20 were claimed). P.J. Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten with his five destroyers; HMS Kelly, HMS Kashmir, HMS Kelvin, HMS Kipling and HMS Jackal had been delayed on his passage from Malta by a promising A/S hunt and only effected his junction with Force A 1 at 1600/22. G.A. At 1730 hours Richelieu opened fire on the southern airfield and Cumberland on a coastal battery. The other four were immediately flown off. Pridham-Whippell, KCB, CVO, RN), HMS Valiant (Capt. Arliss, RN), HMAS Nizam (Lt.Cdr. This ship was now instructed to put into Exmouth Gulf and was held there by HMAS Adelaide (A/Capt. As the two forces parted company a sharp attack by four Ju.88âs was made on Force D which shot down three of them. R. Rhoades, RAN) and HMAS Voyager (Cdr. In the meantime Force C had been joined by HMS Kandahar and HMS Kingston with survivors from HMS Fiji on board at 0630/23. Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, STOVL ship of 65,000 tonnes HMS Queen Elizabeth; HMS Prince of Wales; Retired: HMS Argus (1916) HMS Furious (1916) HMS Vindictive (1918) – converted to aircraft carrying cruiser 1925; HMS Unicorn fleet maintenance carrier (1943) Illustrious class. Shortly afterwards the enemy was also sighted by a patrolling Liberator aircraft which began shadowing the enemy. At 1000 hours, when 33 nautical miles south-west of Malta, Group I encountered a small Spanish fishing vessel which was seen to proceed towards Palma de Majorca. Instead forces C and D were ordered to establish patrols to the east and west of Longtitude 25°E respectively. She then immediately returned to Alexandria. On 8 May 1945 a report was received from two British submarines on patrol in the Malacca Strait (HMS Statesman (Lt. R.G.P. It was made up of Renown/i>, Ark Royal, Sheffield, Harvester, Havelock and Hesperus. Loss of HMS Juno. South of Bali Strait from 17 to 20 May; USS Bluefish. W.G. One large and two small destroyers were sighted inside Oran harbour and probably six or seven submarines. 'Force K', made up of the light cruisers HMS Aurora (Capt. 'Force B' meanwhile had set course to conduct a sweep alongt the coast of Cyrenaica during the night of 25/26 November but they sighted nothing. HrMs Tromp and the destroyers were fuelled from this force on the 29th. The position of British (Allied) naval forces at sea at daylight on the 20th of May was as follows; Force A 1 was about 100 nautical miles to the west of Crete. She was repaired, and served in the Far East until 1944. South of Lombok Strait from 13 to 20 May 1944; USS Cabrilla (Cdr. C.B. Hinton, DSO and Bar, MVO, RN) and the US destroyers USS Cummings (Cdr. E.D.B. J.C. Bentley, USN). HMAS Stuart (Capt. Then the Dutch cruiser HrMs Tromp entered Sabang Bay, her rightful waters, with the British destroyers HMS Quilliam, HMS Quality and the Australian destroyer HMAS Quickmatch. Two years after the first Cunard Royal Rendezvous, RMS Queen Mary 2 met up with Queen Victoria and the then brand new Queen Elizabeth for another Royal Rendezvous in New York City. The six destroyers from the 8th Destroyer Flotilla which had taken part in getting the âTigerâ convoy to as far as Malta sailed from there at 2000B/9 for their return passage to Gibraltar. Lees, DSO, RN) and the destroyers (D.2) HMS Ilex (Capt. C.A.A. HMS Virago and HMS Venus had to fuel from the escort carriers as they could not make it to the oiling force without doing so. H.G.D. These ships formed Task Force 63. Agnew, RN) and HMS Penelope (Capt. Tomkinson, DSC and Bar, RN), HMS Quilliam (Capt. At 0915 hours, 20 May 1941, just three weeks after the British withdrawal from Greece, the German attack on Crete commenced. HMS Dido, HMS Phoebe, HMS Calcutta, HMS Carlisle and HMS Coventry were detached from their convoyâs to join the Tiger convoy coming from Gibraltar. If this was to be the scale of the casualties, it appeared that quite apart from prospective naval losses of ships and men, who could be ill spared, our efforts to rescue the army from capture might only lead to destruction of a large portion of the troops. On 10 May 1944, the Dutch light cruiser Tromp and the destroyers were fuelled at sea by the capital ships and the cruisers. Force C arrived at Alexandria at 1700/29 without much enemy interference. O'Conor, RN), HMS Jaguar (Lt.Cdr. Thew, RN), HMS Kandahar (Cdr. Arliss, who was then on his way back from Sphakia, which indicated that there was then some 6500 men to come off Crete. Both firings were spotted by Hellcat fighters from the escort carriers. P.D. D. Gilmour, RN), destroyers HMS Defender (Lt.Cdr. HMS Formidable was hit twice, her starboard side was blown out between numbers 17 and 24 bulkheads and âXâ turret and cable and accelerator gear were put out of action. Dec 17, 2019 - Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. It was estimated that about 4000 German troops were accounted for [an over-estimate, the real number was about 800 of which some were rescued later]. William-Powlett, DSO, RN), HMS Nigeria (Capt. The troops were ferried from the beach in the landing craft from Glengyle assisted by two assault craft carried in HMAS Perth. Farnfield, DSO, RN), HMS Queenborough (Cdr. New York. Force A 1 was attacked once during the forenoon and for two and a half hours during the afternoon. W.G.A. C.B. âForce Bâ immediately altered course to the eastward and ran before the sea at 24 knots the maximum safe speed for the destroyers in the prevailing weather conditions. The ship … Tromp was hit by two 5â and two 3â shells but was lucky that none of these exploded !! At 1630 hours course was altered to 100° to keep about 40 nautical miles to the eastward of Group II. Particular anxiety was feld for the transport HMS Glengyle (A/Capt.(Retd.) Following the start of the war a Type 273 SR(Surface Radar) on the foremast, a Type SR (Surface Radar) 284 radar on the LA DCT (Low Angle Director Control Tower) and a Type HA (High Angle) 285 on each of the HA DCT's, a Type 291 AW (Air Warning) on the mastheads and an IFF interrogator. Task Force 65, which was made up of the British battleships HMS Queen Elizabeth (Capt. Easedale - HMS Quilliam, HMS Queenborough, HMAS Quiberon, HMS Quality and HMS Pathfinder At 1730/6 HMS Queen Elizabeth bombarded a 6â gun known to be at Stewart Sound. M.H.A. Meanwhile in the Heraklion sector the British troops were holding out. D.H. Magnay, RN), HMS Shah (Capt. Between June 1943 and April 1945, the Queen Mary carried nearly 340,000 American and Canadian troops on journeys that covered 180,000 miles. R.McC.P. Bowyer-Smith, RN), destroyers HMS Kandahar (Cdr. R.McC.P. The result could not be observed, but intelligence reports later indicated that two Do.17 aircraft were damaged. H.B. O.H. They then entered thick cloud and it is possible that the groups became separated and all cohesion in the attack disappeared. H.W. Renown and Ark Royal took station on the starboard side of the convoy in order to facilitate flying operations and at the same time provide AA protection for the convoy. L.R.K. Force D had reached the Antikithera Channel during the night and was now steering to join Force A 1. W. Pope, RN) also joined the fleet. J.C. Bentley, USN). H. Unwin, DSC, RN) and HMS Southdown (Cdr. W.G.A. staff of the 16th Infantry Brigade and 18 vehicles at Alexandria. J.S.M. Paton, RN), HMS Ceylon (Capt. !, she suffered only minor structural damage and no deaths or even wounded amongst her crew. T.C. The loss of HMS Greyhound, HMS Gloucester, HMS Fiji, 22 May 1941. Group II remained with the convoy and was (for the moment) made up of Fearless, Foresight, Fortune, Velox and Wrestler. J.S.M. At 1900/8, HMS Repulse, HMS Highlander, HMS Fortune and HMS Fury set course to return to Gibraltar. Fortune was now able to make 12 knots. E.W.B. The torpedoes were being successfully evaded. This was described by General Fryberg as âone of the great efforts in the defence of Creteâ. During the night all ships proceeded southwards so as to bombard Car Nicobar a second time at dawn. HMS Orion only having 10 tons of fuel and two rounds of 6â HE remaining. Roper, DSC, RN). They returned to Alexandria later the same day. Alliston, RN) departed Alexandria around 1700 hours. D.M. C.E. Morgan, DSO, RN), light cruisers HMS Naiad (Capt. HMS Renown and HMS Ark Royal, screened by HMS Faulknor, HMS Fearless, HMS Forester, HMS Foresight and HMS Havelock, then proceeded ahead to conduct flying exercises east of Gibraltar before entering harbour. The embarkation went so quickly that for a time the beach was empty of troops. A reconnaissance was flown off at 0800 hours to search to the east but nothing was sighted. Munn, RN) and HMS Hero (Cdr. Evacuation from Sphakia, 1st night, 28-29 May 1941. At 0700 hours a fourth aircraft was flown off to search to the west of Sardinia. Later this day Task Forces 65 and 66 went to sea again for the actual attack on Surabaya. Becher, DSC, RAN) and the Dutch destroyer HrMs Van Galen (Lt.Cdr. J.S.M. Marshall-AâDeane, DSO, DSC, RN) and HMS Hasty (Lt.Cdr. The machine flew out of the clouds in a shallow dive and dropped its bomb very close to the port side amidships. Robinson, RN), HMS Harvester, HMS Havelock and HMS Hesperus departed Gibraltar followed at 0420 hours by HMS Gloucester (Capt. P. Todd, DSO, RN), HMS Arrow (Cdr. Pridham-Whippell, CB, CVO, RN), HMS Barham (Capt. P 2 gun turret. J.F.W. Force C (HMS Naiad, HMAS Perth, HMS Calcutta, HMS Carlisle, HMS Kandahar, HMS Kingston and HMS Nubian) was off Heraklion about to sweep to the north-westward in search of enemy troop convoys. attack on Scarpanto airfield, 26 May 1941. None of the bombs fell very close and one Ju.88 was believed to be damaged by AA fire. Cox, RNN). Pridham-Whippell, CB, CVO, RN), HMS Barham (Capt. Argles, DSC, RN), HMS Virago (Lt.Cdr. W.A. El Queen Elizabeth prestó servicio postal para la Royal Mail, permitiéndole llevar la designación Royal Mail Ship, como parte del … J.S.M. D.H.R. Shortly after turning back the convoy was attacked by about 9 Ju.88âs but no damage was sustained. These were engaged as they approached, but the AA fire appeared to be not very well directed. C.A.de W. Kitcat, RN), HMS Isis (Cdr. Ravenhill, RN). HMS Queen Elizabeth, Flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet. 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