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HMS Foxhound Laid Down : 21st August 1933 Launched : 12th October 1934 Completed : 6th June 1935 Type : Destroyer Class : F Builder : John Brown Country : UK Pennants : H69 Fate : Transferred to Canada as Qu'appelle, 8th February 1944. Sold for breaking up 1948. Later became : HMCS Qu'appelle |
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  HMS Foxhound, June 1938. |
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12th October 1934 - Launched 12th October 1934 - Pennant H69 11th February 1935 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla May 1935 - Lt. Cdr. William Leslie Graham Adams in Command 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 11th February 1936 - Sailed Gibraltar 7th March 1936 - Sailed UK for Malta 2nd April 1936 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla 20th July 1936 - Arrived Sheerness 28th April 1937 - Arrived Portland 7th June 1937 - Arrived St. Ives 11th June 1937 - Sailed St. Ives 23rd October 1937 - Arrived and sailed Sheerness 7th December 1937 - Lt.Cdr. Philip Henry Hadow, RN In Command January 1938 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 30th March 1938 - Arrived Sheerness 5th July 1938 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla 5th July 1938 - Commenced Combined exercises 10th July 1938 - Completed Combined exercises 17th January 1939 - Sailed Sheerness 22nd January 1939 - Arrived Setubal 22nd January 1939 - Arrived Setubal 30th July 1939 - Sailed Sheerness 15th August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for exercises 21st August 1939 - Arrived Invergordon 25th August 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 31st August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Deployed in the North Sea between the Orkneys and Norway. 3rd September 1939 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 15, Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 14th September 1939 - Sunk U-39 North west of Ireland after a failed torpedo attempt U-39 4th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 9th October 1939 - Undergoin minor repairs at Scapa Flow 10th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow to escort the fleet into Scapa Flow 11th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 13th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Loch Ewe escorting HMS Furious. Arrived later that day 15th October 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe 23rd October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 26th October 1939 - Sailed the Clyde to cover the Atlantic convoy routes, including Halifax convoys 28th October 1939 - Arrived on the Clyde 29th October 1939 - After refuelling, Sailed Sullom Voe 1st November 1939 - After refuelling, Sailed Sullom Voe 4th November 1939 - After refuelling at Scapa Flow Sailed to rejoin Nelson 9th November 1939 - Arrived Rosyth for refuelling 12th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth to carry out full calibre firings before proceeding on patrol between the Faroes and Norway 21st November 1939 - Arrived in the Clyde from Loch Ewe 22nd November 1939 - Sailed Greenock and ran aground near Black Point Light 30th November 1939 - At Greenock repairing 1st December 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 3rd December 1939 - Repairing and refitting 11th December 1939 - Repairs completed 11th December 1939 - Repairs complete after running aground 13th December 1939 - Sailed Greenock 17th December 1939 - Arrived Greenock 22nd December 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe with the 1st Minesweeping Flotilla arrived at Loch Ewe 28th December 1939 - Sent into Loch Ewe 28th December 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe to join damaged Barham 4th January 1940 - Sailed Loch Ewe for Portsmouth escorting HMS Nelson 7th January 1940 - Arrived Portsmouth 9th January 1940 - Sailed Portsmouth for the Clyde 10th January 1940 - Escorted HMS Canton 11th January 1940 - Searched for Submarine off Mersey Light, six miles 280° from Bar Light Vessel 14th January 1940 - Sailed Greenock on patrol 17th January 1940 - Arrived at Scapa Flow 18th January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 18th January 1940 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla 24th January 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 24th January 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde from patrol. 26th January 1940 - Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Hendley Peters, RN In Command 2nd February 1940 - Sailed Greenock for an anti-submarine sweep towards the Mull of Kintyre 7th February 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde 8th February 1940 - Sailed The Clyde on patrol 11th February 1940 - Picked up survivors fromm steamer Orania and landed them at Lerwick 13th February 1940 - Refuelled at Sullom Voe and returned to Battle Group 15th February 1940 - At sea near Pentland Firth covering Operation DT 19th February 1940 - Sailed the Clyde 22nd February 1940 - Attacked a submarine contact ENE of Muckle Flugga 24th February 1940 - Arrived at Greenock. 2nd March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde escorting RMS Queen Elizabeth 3rd March 1940 - Arrived Belfast to escort dummy aircraft carrier HERMES (decoy ship MAMARI) 4th March 1940 - Sailed Belfast escorting dummy aircraft carrier HERMES (decoy ship MAMARI) 5th March 1940 - Sailed Greenock screening AMCs for firing drills 5th March 1940 - Arrived Greenock 5th March 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde 7th March 1940 - Sailed The Clyde 9th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 9th March 1940 - Joined Convoy HN.17 from Scapa Flow 10th March 1940 - En route to Scapa Flow. Diverted to Rosyth 11th March 1940 - Arrived Rosyth 12th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde for Scapa Flow 12th March 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting three ships 13th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 13th March 1940 - Submarine hunting in Moray Firth after a report by a British aircraft 13th March 1940 - Due to damage to the anti-submarine nets at Scapa Flow patrolled approaches to Hoxa Sound. 19th March 1940 - Attacked a submarine contact close to Holm Sound in the Orkney Islands 19th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow to search for Submarine near Holm Sound 19th March 1940 - Attacked submarine contact off Grimness 20th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Operation DU 23rd March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 24th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 24th March 1940 - Searched the area 17° of 58-57N, 2-12W during the night 25th March 1940 - Searched for survivors off N.E. Coast Orkney 25th March 1940 - Carrying out Anti-submarine operations N.E. of the Orkneys 1st April 1940 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, 15th Division 1st April 1940 - Cdr. G.H. peters in Command 13th April 1940 - Second Battle of Narvik 6th June 1940 - Attacked a submarine contact south of Wolf Rock in 49-39N, 5-50. 5W 26th July 1942 - Cdr. Cecil John Wynne-Edwards, DSC, RN In Command 1948 - Transferred to RCN | |||
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