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HMS Despatch |
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HMS Despatch Laid Down : 8th July 1918 Launched : 24th September 1919 Completed : 2nd June 1922 Type : Cruiser Class : D Builder : Fairfield Country : UK Sequence : This is the 4th ship with this name. Pennants : D30, I30 Fate : Sold for scrap 5th April 1946 |
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  HMS Despatch |   HMS Despatch at Portland, Oregon, c.1924. |
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 USS Saratoga with HMS Despatch in the Panama Canal c.1925. | |
Timeline Entries : | |||
24th September 1919 - Launched 4th June 1927 - At Woosung 3rd March 1928 - Flagship of Admiral Sir Walter H. Cowan 3rd March 1928 - Arrived Valparaiso 10th March 1928 - Sailed Valparaiso 15th September 1930 - Flagship of Vice-Admiral Vernon Haggard 15th September 1930 - Sailed San Francisco 17th September 1930 - Arrived San Diego 22nd September 1930 - Sailed San Diego 7th January 1932 - Sailed Malta 1st October 1932 - Paid Off, The Nore 1st October 1932 - Cmdr. H. L. I. Kirkpatrick in Command 10th February 1933 - Sailed Portsmouth for Gibraltar 30th March 1933 - Arrived Rapallo 12th April 1933 - Arrived San Remo 14th April 1933 - Arrived San Remo 24th April 1933 - Sailed San Remo 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 27th June 1933 - Sailed Malta 29th June 1933 - Arrived Corfu 4th July 1933 - Arrived Valona Bay 4th July 1933 - Sailed Corfu 10th July 1933 - Sailed Valona Bay 11th July 1933 - Arrived Hvar 20th July 1933 - Sailed Hvar 21st July 1933 - Arrived Venice 29th July 1933 - Sailed Venice 30th July 1933 - Sailed Venice for Jelsa 31st July 1933 - Arrived Jelsa 31st July 1933 - Arrived Jelsa 5th August 1933 - Sailed Jelsa 5th August 1933 - Arrived Kotor 15th August 1933 - Sailed Kotor 17th August 1933 - Arrived Malta 2nd September 1933 - Arrived Nauplia 9th September 1933 - Sailed Nauplia 12th October 1933 - Arrived Navarin 21st October 1933 - Sailed Navarin 23rd October 1933 - Arrived Malta 10th January 1934 - Arrived Tunis 10th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for short winter cruise 25th January 1934 - Arrived Malta 3rd March 1934 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 23rd March 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 5th April 1934 - Capt. W.L. Jackson in Command 5th April 1934 - Sailed Famagusta for Port Said 10th April 1934 - Arrived Golfe Juan 24th April 1934 - Sailed Golfe Juan for Malta 26th April 1934 - Sailed Port Said 27th April 1934 - Arrived Haifa 10th May 1934 - Sailed Haifa 14th May 1934 - Arrived Malta 27th June 1934 - Sailed Malta for Summer Cruise 9th July 1934 - Arrived Itea 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 1st September 1934 - Arrived Rab 8th October 1934 - Sailed Port Said for Famagusta 18th October 1934 - Sailed Famagusta for Haifa 19th October 1934 - Arrived Haifa 22nd March 1935 - Arrived Famagusta 1st April 1935 - Sailed Famagusta for Kyrenia 2nd April 1935 - Arrived Limasol 6th April 1935 - Arrived Port Said 27th April 1935 - Arrived Haifa 26th May 1935 - Sailed Malta 3rd April 1936 - Sailed Malta for Haifa 6th April 1936 - Arrived Haifa 15th April 1936 - Arrived Jaffa 17th April 1936 - Arrived Haifa 23rd October 1936 - Arrived Tangier 6th March 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 25th March 1937 - Arrived Malta 17th April 1937 - At Malta 21st May 1937 - Arrived Tangier 10th June 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 19th June 1937 - Arrived Malta 9th October 1937 - Sailed Valencia for Barcelona 23rd October 1937 - Sailed Valencia for Barcelona 25th October 1937 - Arrived Marseilles January 1938 - Reserve Fleet, UK 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 25th August 1939 - Sailed Plymouth for Gibraltar 29th August 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 2nd September 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar with convoy AB.1 for the Cape 2nd September 1939 - 9th Cruiser Squadron, South Atlantic Command, Freetown 2nd September 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for Freetown 3rd October 1939 - Sailed Freetown for South America 15th October 1939 - Arrived at Bermuda for docking. 20th October 1939 - Sailed Bermuda 26th October 1939 - Arrived at Kingston 29th October 1939 - Sailed Kingston 1st November 1939 - Entered the Pacific through the Panama Canal 1st November 1939 - Sailed Panama on patrol 17th November 1939 - Arrived at Callao, Peru 5th December 1939 - Captured German steamer Dusseldorf off Punta Caldera, Chile 29th February 1940 - Arrived Kingston, Jamaica 1st March 1940 - Intercepted German steamer Troja 27th November 1940 - Force H 27th November 1940 - Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia 1946 - Broken up | |||
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