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HMS Intrepid |
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HMS Intrepid Laid Down : 13th January 1936 Launched : 17th December 1936 Completed : 29th July 1937 Type : Destroyer Class : I Builder : White Country : UK Pennants : D10, I10 Fate : Sunk 26th September 1943. |
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  HMS Intrepid, May 1937. |
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10th April 1934 - Arrived St. Raphael 13th January 1936 - Laid down 17th December 1936 - Launched 17th December 1936 - Pennant D10 17th December 1936 - Pennant D10 10th December 1937 - Sailed Oran for Gibraltar January 1938 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean Fleet 2nd April 1938 - Arrived Marseilles 8th April 1938 - Arrived Toulon 11th April 1938 - Sailed Marseilles for Barcelona 19th April 1938 - Arrived Gibraltar 27th April 1938 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 29th July 1938 - Arrived Triester 8th August 1938 - Cdr. John William Josselyn, RN In Command 6th March 1939 - Arrived Palma 21st March 1939 - Sailed Spain 23rd March 1939 - Arrived Malta 1st September 1939 - Escorted Icarus to Alexandria after Collision 2nd September 1939 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Division 6, Mediterranean Fleet 2nd September 1939 - Sailed Alexandria for patrol off Crete 4th September 1939 - Arrived Malta 5th September 1939 - Sailed Malta for the North Atlantic Command based at Gibraltar 7th September 1939 - Despatched to Western Approaches Command 1st October 1939 - Sailed Southampton escorting convoy DB.10 to Brest 2nd October 1939 - Arrived Brest with convoy DB.10 13th October 1939 - Sailed Plymouth 14th October 1939 - Assisted in Sinking U.45 south of Ireland 14th October 1939 - Sank U-45 14th October 1939 - Escorting Kingston on Jamaica/UK convoy KJ3 16th October 1939 - Attacked a submarine contact in 49.42N, 9.59E 18th October 1939 - Assisted Steamer Imperial Star which was attacked by a U-boat, 60 miles west of the Scillies 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 6th November 1939 - Arrived at Scapa Flow, and after refuelling, departed for Plymouth 11th November 1939 - Arrived Plymouth. Sailed later same day 12th November 1939 - Anchored in the Medway 13th November 1939 - Arrived Chatham for conversion to minelaying destroyers 28th November 1939 - Cdr. Roderick Cosmo Gordon, RN In Command 30th November 1939 - At Chatham refitting 3rd December 1939 - Refitting to minelaying destroyer 4th December 1939 - Attached to the 20th Flotilla 4th December 1939 - Conversions completed Saileded Chatham for Sheerness 9th December 1939 - Refitting to minelaying destroyer Complete 14th December 1939 - Formed 20th Destroyer Flotilla 17th December 1939 - Anti-submarine sweep from the Thames entrance to Yarmouth 18th December 1939 - Arrived back in the Thames 28th December 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth 30th December 1939 - Laid minefield LA east of the Farne Islands in the North Sea 2nd January 1940 - Sailed Immingham to countermine a German minefield in the Heligoland Bight 10th January 1940 - Laid small minefield IE-1 in channels through the German minefields in the Heligoland Bight 13th January 1940 - Laid minefield IE-2 in the German channels of the West Wall minefield in the Heligoland Bight 14th January 1940 - Arrived the Humber 16th January 1940 - Conducted minelaying operation IE-3 in the North Sea, but it was cancelled due to bad weather 3rd February 1940 - Arrived in the Humber after Minelaying Operation JB in the North Sea 8th February 1940 - Arrived Rosyth 8th February 1940 - Arrived Rosyth 12th February 1940 - Relieved destroyer HMS Griffin on patrol in Moray Firth 14th February 1940 - Sailed Rosyth on Operation DT 14th February 1940 - Cdr. R.C. Gordon in Command 18th February 1940 - Hunted a submarine in the Forth of Forth 19th February 1940 - Arrived at Rosyth after a submarine hunt. 20th February 1940 - Sailed Rosyth for Scapa Flow to operate under the Orkneys and Shetlands Command. 21st February 1940 - Searched for a submarine contact reported by aircraft 24th February 1940 - Arrived at Invergordon. 26th February 1940 - Submarine hunting in Moray Firth 4th March 1940 - Sailed Aberdeen to investigate a submarine contact six miles NE of Aberdeen 4th March 1940 - Arrived Aberdeen to patrol 7th March 1940 - Made attacks on a contact sighted by aircraft ESE of Noss Head 8th March 1940 - Arrived Invergordon 12th March 1940 - Submarine hunting in Moray Firth after a report by a British aircraft 12th March 1940 - Searched for submarine reported by aircraft east of South Ronaldsay 14th March 1940 - Arrived Invergordon from patrol. 16th March 1940 - Sailed Invergordon to patrol in Moray Firth 17th March 1940 - Collided with and sank a British Trawler 17th March 1940 - Collided with and sank Trawler Ocean Drift. Proceeded to Invergordon for repairs 18th March 1940 - Sailed Invergordon for Southbank for repairs 1st April 1940 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla, 40th Division 1st April 1940 - Cdr. R.C. Gordon in Command 1st April 1940 - Repairing at Middlesborough 28th April 1940 - Completed collision repairs at Southbank 16th September 1941 - Lt.Cdr. John Hugh Lewes, DSC, RN In Command 1st March 1942 - Escort for Russian Convoy PQ 12 and return QP 08 to Iceland June 1942 - Cdr. Charles Arthur de Winton Kitcat, RN In Command 26th September 1943 - Sunk | |||
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