|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Naval History by Country :
|
|||||||||||||
| VIEW ALL OF OUR CURRENT ART SPECIAL OFFERS ON ONE PAGE HERE | |||
| NAVAL ART | AVIATION ART | MILITARY ART | SPORT ART |
|
HMS Esk |
| Name :
HMS Esk Laid Down : 24th March 1933 Launched : 19th March 1934 Completed : 28th September 1934 Type : Destroyer Class : E Builder : Swan Hunter Country : UK Pennants : H15 Fate : Sunk 31st August 1940. |
|
|
HMS Esk Photos for Sale |
  HMS Esk, January 1938. |
Timeline Entries : | |||
10th March 1933 - Arrived Palma 15th March 1933 - Sailed Palma for Gibraltar 23rd June 1933 - Arrived Manchester 12th November 1933 - Arrived Penzance Bay 19th January 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 5th February 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar for Lisboa 6th February 1934 - Arrived Lisbon 15th February 1934 - Sailed Lisbon for Gibraltar 16th February 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 26th February 1934 - Arrived Tetuan 3rd March 1934 - Sailed Tetuan 19th March 1934 - Launched 19th March 1934 - Pennant H15 26th September 1934 - Cdr. R.P. Selby Assumed Cpmmand 4th November 1934 - Sailed Portsmouth for Chatham 8th December 1934 - Arrived Chatham 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th January 1935 - Arrived Arosa Bay 20th January 1935 - Sailed Arosa Bay for the West Indies 30th April 1935 - 5th Destroyer Flotilla 30th April 1935 - Commissioned for service in the Home Fleet 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 8th September 1936 - Sailed Portsmouth 10th September 1936 - Arrived Bilbao 6th October 1936 - Sailed Corunna 11th October 1936 - Arrived St. Jean de Luz 23rd October 1936 - Arrived St. Jean de Luz 5th March 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 27th April 1937 - Arrived Portland 11th July 1937 - Arrived Torbay 16th July 1937 - Arrived Portland 20th July 1937 - Sailed Portsmouth for Stranraer 22nd July 1937 - Arrived Stranraer 7th October 1937 - Arrived Portland 23rd October 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar January 1938 - 5th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 14th February 1938 - Lt. Richard John Hullis Couch, RN In Command 12th March 1938 - Arrived Gibraltar 29th March 1938 - Arrived Portsmouth 19th July 1938 - Escorted The King and Queen from Dover to France 17th January 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth 24th January 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 28th April 1939 - Arrived Portland 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 23rd August 1939 - At Portsmouth refitting as destroyer minelayer 7th September 1939 - Completed refit 5th October 1939 - Sailed Quiberon Bay escorting Convoy BC.7S 8th October 1939 - Arrived Barry Roads 16th October 1939 - Sailed Bristol Channel escorting Convoy BC.11 18th October 1939 - Arrived the Loire with Convoy BC.11 30th October 1939 - Scuttled Bronte in 50-07N, 10-36W 2nd November 1939 - Sailed Liverpool escorting Convoy OB.29 12th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth for the Humber, were held up by fog near Outer Dowsing 15th November 1939 - Sailed Harwich 17th November 1939 - Arrived Harwich for minelaying in the Thames approaches in operation RG 17th November 1939 - Sailed Harwich for minelaying in the Thames approaches in operation RG 29th November 1939 - Laid mines in the Thames approaches 1st December 1939 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla 14th December 1939 - Formed 20th Destroyer Flotilla 14th December 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth escorting minelayer Princess Victoria 22nd December 1939 - Escorting Minelayer Princess Victoria 31st December 1939 - At Portsmouth repairing 3rd February 1940 - Arrived in the Humber after Minelaying Operation JB in the North Sea 7th February 1940 - Sailed Aberdeen for minelay LD 2 in the North Sea 8th February 1940 - Sailed Aberdeen on minelaying operation LD 3. 8th February 1940 - Arrived Aberdeen 8th February 1940 - Arrived Rosyth 9th February 1940 - Carried out second half of Minelaying operation LD 1 10th February 1940 - Sailed Rosyth to lay 60 mines in minefield LD 2 11th February 1940 - Laid mines in minefield LD 3. After the operation, the minelayer anchored in Yarmouth Roads. 12th February 1940 - Laid 38 mines in operation LD 3 in the North Sea 18th February 1940 - Laid Deep Line S in operation DML.8 east of Outer Gabbard 19th February 1940 - Proceeded to Immingham 20th February 1940 - Joined Convoy FS.100 at Humber for passage to Portsmouth 3rd March 1940 - Arrived Humber after Operation 1E-1 was cancelled 3rd March 1940 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla 3rd March 1940 - Laid mines in Operation IE-1 in the channels through the German mine fields in the Heligoland Bight 10th March 1940 - Sailed Sheerness escorting Marshal Soult to Portsmouth 17th March 1940 - Sailed the Humber for Invergordon 19th March 1940 - Rescued 9 men from Danish Steamer Minsk after being sunk by U-19 19th March 1940 - Arrived Invergordon 20th March 1940 - Sailed Invergordon on minelaying mission PA 4 in the Moray Firth 21st March 1940 - Sent to hunt submarines in Moray Firth 21st March 1940 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla 21st March 1940 - Patrolling in the Moray Firth 22nd March 1940 - Patrolling in the Moray Firth 23rd March 1940 - Arrived Invergordon. 24th March 1940 - Moray Firth Patrol 25th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow for repair to her bow protection gear. 26th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow for a patrol station between Copinsay and Brough Head 27th March 1940 - Joined the Moray Firth Patrol 1st April 1940 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla, 39th Division 1st April 1940 - Lt. Cdr. R.J.H. Couch in Command 31st August 1940 - Sunk | |||
|
Everything we obtain for this site is shown on the site, we do not have any more photos, crew lists or further information on any of the ships. COPYRIGHT NOTICE. ALL IMAGES DISPLAYED ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW, AND ARE OWNED BY CRANSTON FINE ARTS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS. NO REPRODUCTION OR COPYING ALLOWED ON OTHER WEBSITES, BOOKS OR ARTICLES WITHOUT PRIOR AGREEMENT. |
|
Contact Details |
|
Sign Up To Our Newsletter!
This website is owned by Cranston Fine Arts. Torwood House, Torwoodhill Road, Rhu, Helensburgh, Scotland, G848LE Contact: Tel: (+44) (0) 1436 820269. Email: |
