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HMS Glowworm |
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HMS Glowworm Laid Down : 15th August 1934 Launched : 22nd July 1935 Completed : 22nd January 1936 Type : Destroyer Class : G Builder : Thornycroft Country : UK Pennants : H92 Fate : Sunk 8th April 1940. |
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HMS Glowworm Photos for Sale |
  HMS Glowworm, May 1937. |
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22nd April 1935 - 1st Destroyer Flotilla 22nd April 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 25th April 1935 - Arrived Malta 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 22nd July 1935 - Pennant 22nd July 1935 - Launched 29th July 1935 - Sailed St. Raphael for Malta 1st August 1935 - Arrived Malta 28th December 1935 - Sailed Colombo for Aden 22nd January 1936 - Commissioned 5th February 1936 - Arrived Portland 1st September 1936 - Arrived Skiathos 9th September 1936 - Arrived Malta 17th March 1937 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 9th June 1937 - Sailed Portsmouth 14th June 1937 - Arrived cadiz 17th June 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 29th June 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 29th June 1937 - Sailed Malaga 14th July 1937 - Sailed Guadalquivir for Gibraltar 6th December 1937 - Sailed Malta for Aegean 11th December 1937 - Arrived Mudros 14th December 1937 - Sailed Kavalia 22nd July 1938 - Lt.Cdr. Gerard Broadmead Roope, RN in Command 29th July 1938 - Sailed Portsmouth for Gibraltar 30th December 1938 - Arrived Gibraltar 11th January 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for Almeiria 12th January 1939 - Arrived Palma 24th January 1939 - Arrived Caldetas 24th January 1939 - Sailed Caldetas for Gandia 26th January 1939 - Sailed Palma for Malta 1st August 1939 - Arrived Salonika 14th August 1939 - Sailed Limasol for Alexandria 2nd September 1939 - 1st Destroyer Flotilla, Division 1, Mediterranean Fleet 2nd September 1939 - Arrivved Alexandria from escort duties 3rd October 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar escorting Convoy Red 2 5th October 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th October 1939 - Arrived Toulon 19th October 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for Plymouth. Assigned duty at Harwich 25th October 1939 - Joined Convoy KJ.3 26th October 1939 - Detached from Convoy KJ.3 9th November 1939 - Searching 60 miles south of Milford Haven for a reported submarine 9th November 1939 - Joined Convoy HX.6 from Plymouth 10th November 1939 - Arrived Liverpool with Convoy HX.6 12th November 1939 - Stationed east of the Tongue Light Vessel to redirect Thames-bound shipping 12th November 1939 - Arrived at Harwich from Plymouth 13th November 1939 - Detached from East Coast patrol 14th November 1939 - Dropped depth charges on a submarine contact off North Foreland 28th November 1939 - Attacked a submarine contact after it was sighted by aircraft in the North Sea 1st December 1939 - Unsuccessfully searched for a U-boat near Kentish Knock and the Tongue Light Vessel 14th January 1940 - Operated off the Dutch coast on operation ST 1 19th January 1940 - Carried out Operation ST.4 2nd February 1940 - Attacked submarine contact was made Off Blea Wyke Point 29th February 1940 - Under repair at Hull 1st April 1940 - 1st Destroyer Flotilla 2nd Division 1st April 1940 - Lt. Cdr. G.B. Roope in Command 8th April 1940 - Sunk 2nd July 1940 - Pennant K22 | |||
HMS Glowworm Artwork Collection |
  HMS Glowworm's Attack on the Admiral Hipper by Ivan Berryman. |   The Attack on the Admiral Hipper by HMS Glowworm by Ivan Berryman. |   The attack on the Admiral Hipper by HMS Glowworm by Ivan Berryman. |
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