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HMS Durban |
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HMS Durban Laid Down : 22nd June 1918 Launched : 28th May 1919 Completed : 1st November 1921 Type : Cruiser Class : Danae Builder : Scotts Country : UK Sequence : This is the 1st ship with this name. Pennants : D99 Fate : Sunk 9th June 1944 |
| Completed by Devonport Dockyard. Sunk as a breakwater at Normandy |
HMS Durban Photos for Sale |
  HMS Durban, 1925. |   HMS Durban, January 1938. |   Two of the D Class ships, 1920. HMS Durban is the near ship, and HMS Dragon the far one. |   HMS Durban. |
Timeline Entries : | |||
29th May 1919 - Launched 1st November 1921 - Commissioned 30th November 1921 - Arrived Port Said 2nd December 1921 - Sailed Port Said for Aden 9th December 1921 - Sailed Aden for Colombo 21st December 1921 - Sailed Colombo for Singapore 27th December 1921 - Arrived Singapore 2nd February 1922 - Capt. H.O. Reinold in Command 2nd February 1922 - On the China Station 30th May 1927 - At Hankow 11th June 1927 - At Hankow 27th November 1927 - Arrived Nanking 6th March 1928 - Sailed Nanking 10th February 1932 - Sailed Valparaiso 29th March 1932 - Arrived Bermuda 1st October 1932 - Capt. R. H. O. Lane-Poole, OBE in Command 1st October 1932 - 8th Cruiser Squadron, America and West Indies Station 25th December 1932 - At Buenos Aries 3rd January 1933 - Sailed Buenos Aires for Punta del Este 28th January 1933 - Sailed Puerto Belgrano 10th February 1933 - Arrived Port Stanley 7th March 1933 - Arrived Valparaiso 21st March 1933 - Sailed Valparaiso 21st March 1933 - Comm. R.H.O. Lane Poole in Command 24th March 1933 - Arrived Antofagasta 28th March 1933 - Sailed Antofagaste 28th March 1933 - Sailed Antofagasta 29th March 1933 - Arrived Iquique 30th March 1933 - Arrived Iquique 2nd April 1933 - Sailed Iquique 4th April 1933 - Sailed Iquique 6th April 1933 - Arrived Callao 6th April 1933 - Flagship of Commodore R.H.O. Lane-Poole 7th April 1933 - Arrived Callao 13th April 1933 - Sailed Callao 13th April 1933 - Sailed Callao 17th April 1933 - Sailed Callao 18th April 1933 - Arrived Balboa 18th April 1933 - Arrived Balboa 20th April 1933 - Sailed Balboa 20th April 1933 - Sailed Balboa 22nd April 1933 - Arrived Balboa 25th April 1933 - Sailed Balboa 26th April 1933 - Arrived Bermuda 26th April 1933 - Arrived Bermuda 26th April 1933 - Arrived Bermuda 1st May 1933 - Arrived Bermuda 27th July 1933 - Arrived Victoria 31st July 1933 - Sailed Victoria 28th August 1933 - Arrived Buenos Aires 4th November 1933 - Arrived Bahia 10th November 1933 - Arrived Penambuco 11th November 1933 - Sailed Pernambuco for St. Vincent C.V.I. 19th November 1933 - Sailed St. Vincent C.V. 25th November 1933 - At Gibraltar for turnover to HMS Exeter 25th November 1933 - Comm. R.H.O. Relinquished Commodore America and West Indies Station 25th November 1933 - Arrived Gibraltar 1st December 1933 - Sailed Gibraltar for Portsmouth 2nd December 1933 - Sailed Gibraltar for Portsmouth 6th December 1933 - Arrived Portsmouth 10th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for short winter cruise 17th January 1934 - At Plymouth for refit 25th January 1934 - Arrived Malta 6th March 1934 - Recommissioned at Portsmouth for service in the 3rd Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean 6th March 1934 - Capt. E.B.C. Dicken in Command 24th March 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 25th March 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar for work up 26th March 1934 - Arrived Oran 7th May 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 7th May 1934 - Capt. E.B.C. Dicken in Command 9th May 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 10th May 1934 - Arrived Malta 13th May 1934 - Arrived Malta 27th June 1934 - Sailed Malta for Summer Cruise 9th July 1934 - Sailed Dragomesti for Corinth 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 29th August 1934 - Sailed Malta 1st September 1934 - Arrived Rab 1st September 1934 - Arrived Rab 8th September 1934 - Arrived Abbazia 8th September 1934 - Sailed Rab 17th September 1934 - Arrived Venice 17th September 1934 - Sailed Abbazia 25th September 1934 - Arrived Lussin Piccolo 25th September 1934 - Sailed Venice 1st October 1934 - Sailed Lussin Piccolo 2nd October 1934 - Arrived Gulf of Drin 7th October 1934 - Sailed Gulf of Drin 8th October 1934 - Arrived Split 8th October 1934 - Sailed Famagusta for Haifa 14th October 1934 - Sailed Split 15th October 1934 - Arrived Malaluka Bay 18th October 1934 - Sailed Haifa for Port Said 19th October 1934 - Arrived Port Said 22nd October 1934 - Sailed Malaluka Bay 25th October 1934 - Arrived Malta 10th January 1935 - Sailed Malta 12th January 1935 - Arrived Argostoli 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 21st January 1935 - Sailed Argostoli 21st January 1935 - Arrived Anchorage X 25th January 1935 - Sailed Anchorage X 25th January 1935 - Arrived Malta 16th February 1935 - Arrived Messina 16th February 1935 - Sailed Malta 17th February 1935 - Sailed Messina 18th February 1935 - Arrived Malta 28th February 1935 - Sailed Malta 4th March 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 6th March 1935 - Combined Fleet Exercises 6th March 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar 16th March 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 25th March 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar 26th March 1935 - Arrived Oran 4th April 1935 - Sailed Oran for Gibraltar 4th April 1935 - Sailed Oran 5th April 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 5th April 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 15th May 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar 17th May 1935 - Arrived Malta 11th July 1935 - Sailed Kotor 19th July 1935 - Sailed Split 20th July 1935 - Arrived Crkyenica 29th July 1935 - Sailed Crkyenica 1st August 1935 - Arrived Malta 1st August 1935 - Arrived Malta 17th November 1935 - Arrived Malta 15th April 1936 - Arrived Jaffa 17th April 1936 - Arrived Haifa 19th June 1936 - Sailed Haifa for Malta 4th September 1936 - Arrived Portsmouth 19th June 1937 - Sailed Rosyth for Ullapool 29th June 1937 - Arrived Oban 8th July 1937 - Arrived Lamlash 16th July 1937 - Arrived Falmouth 21st July 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth January 1938 - Reserve Fleet, UK 28th August 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Gibraltar 30th August 1939 - Sailed Plymouth for Gibraltar. 1st September 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 2nd September 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for Freetown 2nd September 1939 - 9th Cruiser Squadron, South Atlantic Command, Freetown 4th October 1939 - Sailed Capetown for Simonstown 6th October 1939 - Arrived Simonstown 20th October 1939 - Sailed Mauritius for Colombo to examine the Cargados, Caarajos and Chagos groups for German activity. 28th October 1939 - Sailed Colombo for Singapore 31st October 1939 - Arrived Singapore 2nd November 1939 - Sailed Singapore for Hong Kong 6th November 1939 - Arrived Hong Kong for refit 24th November 1939 - Refit completed at Hong Kong 28th November 1939 - Sailed Hong Kong on patrol 21st December 1939 - Arrived Singapore 12th January 1940 - Sailed Singapore on escort duty 20th January 1940 - Arrived Singapore 29th January 1940 - Sailed Singapore. 3rd March 1940 - Arrived Penang 6th April 1944 - Cdr. John Andrew Agnew in Command 6th June 1944 - Used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater 9th June 1944 - Scuttled and used as breakwater | |||
HMS Durban Artwork Collection |
  HMS Durban Escorts the Troopship RMS Queen Mary by Ivan Berryman. |
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