|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 Foresight |
| Name :
HMS Foresight Laid Down : 21st July 1933 Launched : 29th June 1934 Completed : 15th May 1935 Type : Destroyer Class : F Builder : Cammell Laird Country : UK Pennants : H68 Fate : Sunk 13th August 1942. |
| Damaged by Italian aircraft on 12th August 1942, resulting in sinking the next day. |
HMS Foresight Photos for Sale |
  HMS Foresight, July 1935. |   HMS Foresight, May 1937. |
Timeline Entries : | |||
29th June 1934 - Launched 29th June 1934 - Pennant H68 11th February 1935 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla 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 Plymouth 27th April 1937 - Arrived Portland 27th April 1937 - Sailed Plymouth for Portland 22nd May 1937 - Arrived Portland 7th June 1937 - Arrived Fowey 11th June 1937 - Sailed Fowey 3rd August 1937 - Sailed Plymouth January 1938 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 5th January 1938 - Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Thornton Lambert, RN 29th March 1938 - Arrived Plymouth 5th July 1938 - Commenced Combined exercises 5th July 1938 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla 10th July 1938 - Completed Combined exercises 17th January 1939 - Sailed Plymouth 24th January 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 29th July 1939 - Sailed Plymouth August 1939 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 15th August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for exercises 21st August 1939 - Arrived Invergordon 3rd September 1939 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 16, Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 1st October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Loch Ewe 1st October 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 2nd October 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 2nd October 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe 4th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 8th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 11th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 12th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow escorting HMS Repulse 21st October 1939 - At Scapa Flow, Boiler Clean 26th October 1939 - Sailed the Clyde to cover the Atlantic convoy routes, including Halifax convoys 26th October 1939 - Completed Boiller clean at Scapa Flow 28th October 1939 - Arrived on the Clyde 2nd November 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe for Convoy Cover 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 23rd November 1939 - Detached to Pentland Firth Patrol 23rd November 1939 - Sailed the Clyde for a position off the Norwegian coast 28th November 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 30th November 1939 - At Clyde repairing 3rd December 1939 - Repairing weather damage and refitting 24th December 1939 - Repairs completed 25th December 1939 - Conducted an anti-submarine sweep off Ailsa Craig 29th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde escorting HMS Berwick 30th December 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 4th January 1940 - Sailed Greenock for repairs at Plymouth 10th January 1940 - Escorted HMS Canton 12th January 1940 - Patrolled off Mersey Light, six miles 280° from Bar Light Vessel 13th January 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde 14th January 1940 - Sailed Greenock on patrol 17th January 1940 - Arrived at Scapa Flow 17th January 1940 - Sent to patrol off the Norwegian coast to intercept German ore ships. 18th January 1940 - Arrived at Sullom Voe to refuel prior to joining convoy HN.8 18th January 1940 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla 18th January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 20th January 1940 - Attacked a contact NE of the Faroes in 62-54N, 3-10W 24th January 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 24th January 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde from patrol. 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 14th 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 24th February 1940 - Arrived Greenock. 14th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde for Scapa Flow. 15th March 1940 - Commenced an anti-submarine patrol off Hoxa Boom 19th March 1940 - Searched Scapa Flow for submarine 20th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Operation DU 23rd March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 24th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 24th March 1940 - Attacked a contact, east, southeast of Copinsay 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 1st April 1940 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, 16th Division 1st April 1940 - Lt. Cdr. G.T. Lambert in Command 14th January 1941 - Cdr. Jocelyn Stuart Cambridge Salter, RN July 1942 - Lt.Cdr. Robert Augustus Fell, RN 12th August 1942 - Disabled by bombs. Tartar took her in tow 12th August 1942 - Sunk. Torpedoed by HMS Zulu | |||
|
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: |
