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HMS Barfleur |
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HMS Barfleur Laid Down : 28th October 1942 Launched : 1st November 1943 Completed : 14th September 1944 Type : Destroyer Class : Battle Builder : Swan Hunter Country : UK Pennants : D80 Fate : Scrapped 29th September 1966. |
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  HMS Barfleur, October 1955. |   HMS Barfleur, October 1955. |   HMS Barfleur, August 1966. |
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28th November 1942 - Laid down 28th October 1943 - Laid Down 1st November 1943 - Pennant R80 1st November 1943 - Launched 7th September 1944 - Commenced Trials 18th September 1944 - Completed Trials 21st September 1944 - Reduced to Care and Maintenance while fitting of the Mark 6 Director was completed November 1944 - Cdr. M. S. Townsend, DSO, OBE, DSC+ November 1944 - British Pacific Fleet 1945 - Pennant D61 British Pacific Fleet 11th January 1945 - Arrived Swan Hunter's Yard 11th January 1945 - Recommissioned 20th January 1945 - Sailed Swan Hunter's Yard 20th January 1945 - Ready For Sea 21st January 1945 - Arrived Tyne Graving Dock 23rd January 1945 - Sailed Tyne Graving Dock 25th January 1945 - Arrived Scapa Flow 8th February 1945 - Sailed Scapa Flow 13th February 1945 - Arrived Gibraltar 29th March 1945 - Sailed Gibraltar 31st March 1945 - Arrived Portsmouth 22nd April 1945 - Sailed Portsmouth 24th April 1945 - Arrived Scapa Flow 25th April 1945 - Sailed Scapa Flow 30th April 1945 - Arrived Gibraltar 30th April 1945 - Sailed Gibraltar 2nd May 1945 - Arrived Malta 12th May 1945 - Sailed Malta 14th May 1945 - Sailed Alexandria 14th May 1945 - Arrived Alexandria 15th May 1945 - Sailed Suez 15th May 1945 - Arrived Suez 18th May 1945 - Arrived Aden 19th May 1945 - Sailed Aden 23rd May 1945 - Arrived Colombo 25th May 1945 - Sailed Colombo 26th May 1945 - Arrived Addu Atoll 26th May 1945 - Sailed Addu Atoll 2nd June 1945 - Arrived Fremantle 3rd June 1945 - Sailed Fremantle 7th June 1945 - Arrived Sydney 17th June 1945 - Sailed Sydney 17th June 1945 - Arrived Jervis Bay 20th June 1945 - Sailed Jervis Bay 20th June 1945 - Arrived Sydney 28th June 1945 - Sailed Sydney 4th July 1945 - Arrived Seeadler Harbour Manus 6th July 1945 - Sailed Seeadler Harbour Manus 11th July 1945 - Arrived Seeadler Harbour Manus 13th July 1945 - Sailed Seeadler Harbour Manus 15th July 1945 - Sailed Eniwetok 15th July 1945 - Arrived Eniwetok 16th July 1945 - Attacked the Tokyo area 17th July 1945 - Attacked the Tokyo Area 27th August 1945 - At Sagami Bay 28th August 1945 - At Sagami Bay 5th September 1945 - Arrived Tokyo Bay 7th September 1945 - Sailed Tokyo Bay 9th September 1945 - Arrived Ominato, Hakodate 13th September 1945 - Sailed Ominato, Hakodate 17th September 1945 - Arrived Tokyo Bay 19th September 1945 - Sailed Tokyo Bay 19th September 1945 - Arrived Yokohama 21st September 1945 - Sailed Yokohama 21st September 1945 - Arrived Tokyo Bay 24th September 1945 - Sailed Tokyo Bay 6th October 1945 - Arrived Sydney 29th October 1945 - Sailed Sydney 1st November 1945 - Arrived Adelaide 6th November 1945 - Sailed Adelaide 8th November 1945 - Beauty Point River Tamar 14th November 1945 - Beauty Point River Tamar 18th November 1945 - Arrived Nelson 21st November 1945 - Sailed Nelson 21st November 1945 - Arrived Picton 27th November 1945 - Sailed Picton 29th November 1945 - Arrived Auckland January 1946 - At Auckland 28th January 1946 - Sailed Auckland 1st February 1946 - Arrived Sydney 4th February 1946 - Sailed Sydney 11th February 1946 - Arrived Darwin 12th February 1946 - Sailed Darwin 19th February 1946 - Arrived Hong Kong 7th March 1946 - Sailed Hong Kon 11th March 1946 - Arrived Shanghai, Taku Bay, Tien-Tsin 20th March 1946 - At Shanghai 6th April 1946 - Sailed Shanghai, Taku Bay, Tien-Tsin 12th April 1946 - Arrived Shanghai 25th April 1946 - Sailed Shanghai 28th April 1946 - Arrived Hong Kong May 1946 - In Shanghai May 1946 - In Whang-Po River Shanghai 10th May 1946 - Sailed Hong Kon 16th May 1946 - Arrived Yokohama 30th May 1946 - Sailed Yokohama 31st May 1946 - Arrived Kobe 6th June 1946 - Sailed Kobe 7th June 1946 - Arrived Kure 14th June 1946 - Sailed Kure 17th June 1946 - Sailed Komatsushima 17th June 1946 - Arrived Komatsushima 20th June 1946 - Arrived Matsuhama 26th June 1946 - Sailed Matsuhama 27th June 1946 - Arrived Kure 28th June 1946 - Sailed Kure 29th June 1946 - Arrived Fukuoka 30th June 1946 - Arrived Fukuoka 2nd July 1946 - Arrived Nagasaki 2nd July 1946 - Sailed Fukuoka 2nd July 1946 - Sailed Fukuoka 5th July 1946 - Sailed Naghasaki 6th July 1946 - Arrived Kure 9th July 1946 - Sailed Kure 12th July 1946 - Arrived Yokohama 18th July 1946 - Sailed Yokohama 21st July 1946 - Arrived Chemulpho 24th July 1946 - Sailed Chemulpho 27th July 1946 - Arrived Hong Kong 17th August 1946 - Sailed Hong Kon 21st August 1946 - Arrived Yokohama 27th August 1946 - Sailed Yokohama 1st September 1946 - Arrived Hong Kong 3rd September 1946 - Sailed Hong Kon 7th September 1946 - Arrived Singapore 9th September 1946 - Sailed Singapore 14th September 1946 - Arrived Colombo 16th September 1946 - Sailed Colombo 22nd September 1946 - Arrived Aden 23rd September 1946 - Sailed Aden 27th September 1946 - Arrived Suez 27th September 1946 - Sailed Suez 27th September 1946 - Arrived Port Said 28th September 1946 - Sailed Port Said 1st October 1946 - Arrived Malta 2nd October 1946 - Sailed Malta 5th October 1946 - Arrived Gibraltar 6th October 1946 - Sailed Gibraltar 10th October 1946 - Arrived Portsmouth 15th June 1953 - Participated in 1953 Coronation Review 11th May 1954 - Sailed Gibraltar escorting HMY Britannia 19th May 1954 - Met the Queen 9 miles south east of Plymouth 29th June 1966 - Arrived Dailmuir for Scrapping September 1966 - Broken up at Dalmuir | |||
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