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HMS Impulsive |
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HMS Impulsive Laid Down : 9th March 1936 Launched : 1st March 1937 Completed : 29th January 1938 Type : Destroyer Class : I Builder : White Country : UK Pennants : D11, I11 Fate : Sold for scrap 22nd January 1936. |
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  HMS Impulsive, January 1938. |   HMS Wakeful, 1946. |   HMS Wakeful, 1960. |
Timeline Entries : | |||
10th April 1934 - Arrived St. Raphael 1st April 1936 - Launched 1st April 1936 - Pennant D11 19th November 1937 - Lt.Cdr. William Scott Thomas, RN In Command January 1938 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean Fleet 29th January 1938 - Commissioned 8th March 1938 - Arrived Marseilles 24th March 1938 - Arrived Gibraltar 22nd June 1938 - Arrived Palma 29th July 1938 - Arrived Triester 13th September 1938 - Arrived Tangier 21st March 1939 - Sailed Spain 23rd March 1939 - Arrived Malta 2nd September 1939 - Sailed Alexandria for patrol off Crete 2nd September 1939 - 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Division 6, Mediterranean Fleet 4th September 1939 - Arrived Malta 5th September 1939 - Sailed Malta for the North Atlantic Command based at Gibraltar 7th September 1939 - Despatched to Western Approaches Command 23rd October 1939 - Sailed Plymouth for Scapa Flow 25th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow for duty with the Home Fleet 25th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 26th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 31st October 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 2nd November 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe for Convoy Cover 7th November 1939 - Detached for refuelling at Kirkwall 10th November 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Aberdeen to escort steamer Marylyn 10th November 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow escorting Marylyn Cancelled 11th November 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow on anti-submarine patrol and returned the next day 15th November 1939 - Joined Convoy HN.2 18th November 1939 - Detached from Convoy HN.2 20th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth and searched for U-boats in the Rattray Head area 21st November 1939 - Searched for the U-boat responsible for sinking trawler Wigmore off Rattray Head 21st November 1939 - Searched off Fiora for the submarine thought responsible for Belfast mining 22nd November 1939 - Arrived at Invergordon to refuel after their Rattray Head patrol 23rd November 1939 - Joined HMS GLASGOW force off Muckle Flugga 24th November 1939 - Stationed as a strike force off Utvaer, Norway 1st December 1939 - Searched for a submarine reported in Edinburgh Channel 1st December 1939 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla 2nd December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 4th December 1939 - Arrived at the Clyde from Scapa Flow 6th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde escorting HMS Rodney 7th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde for Liverpool 7th December 1939 - Sailed Gandia for Marseilles 8th December 1939 - Arrived Liverpool 12th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde to sweep ahead of Canadian troop convoy TC.1 as it approached the British Isles 14th December 1939 - Formed 20th Destroyer Flotilla 17th December 1939 - Arrived Greenock 19th December 1939 - Sailed Greenock to assist in the submarine hunt at 55-30N, 05-00W off Arran 25th December 1939 - Sailed Greenock 28th December 1939 - Joined Convoy TC 2nd January 1940 - Investigated a reported a submarine contact in 59-13N, 3-59W 3rd January 1940 - Submarine investigation called off 4th January 1940 - Sailed Loch Ewe for Portsmouth escorting HMS Nelson 4th January 1940 - Sailed Loch Ewe for Portsmouth escorting HMS Nelson 7th January 1940 - Arrived Portsmouth 7th January 1940 - Arrived Portsmouth 9th January 1940 - Sailed Portsmouth for the Clyde 10th January 1940 - Sailed the Clyde for Rosyth 12th January 1940 - Arrived at Rosyth 14th January 1940 - Sailed Methil escorting Convoy ON.8 17th January 1940 - Towed HMS Duncan to Invergordon 18th January 1940 - Arrived Cromarty 18th January 1940 - Returned to Convoy ON.8 19th January 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.8 19th January 1940 - Joined Convoy HN.8 22nd January 1940 - Arrived at Loch Ewe for refuelling. 22nd January 1940 - Arrived Methil with Convoy HN.8 23rd January 1940 - Attacked a submatine west of Lundy Island 24th January 1940 - Arrived at Portsmouth. 22nd February 1940 - Transferred from the 3rd to the 20th Destroyer Flotilla. 3rd March 1940 - Laid mines in Operation IE-1 in the channels through the German mine fields in the Heligoland Bight 3rd March 1940 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla 3rd March 1940 - Arrived Humber after Operation 1E-1 was cancelled 7th March 1940 - Sailed the Humber for Invergordon 9th March 1940 - Arrived Invergordon 11th March 1940 - Sailed Invergordon for minelaying mission PA 3 off Kinnaird Head in Moray Firth 14th March 1940 - Arrived the Humber 17th March 1940 - Sailed the Humber for Invergordon 19th March 1940 - Arrived Invergordon 20th March 1940 - Sailed Invergordon on minelaying mission PA 4 in the Moray Firth 21st March 1940 - Arrived Rosyth 21st March 1940 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla 21st March 1940 - Patrolling in the Moray Firth 22nd March 1940 - Patrolling in the Moray Firth 24th March 1940 - Arrived Invergordon. 25th March 1940 - Sailed Invergordon to relieve HMS Ivanhoe on Moray Firth Patrol. 25th March 1940 - A/S Submarine work between Scapa Flow and Sullom Voe 1st April 1940 - 20th Destroyer Flotilla, 40th Division 1st April 1940 - Lt. Cdr. W.S. Thomas in Command January 1942 - Lt.Cdr. Norman Lanyon, RN In Command 5th May 1942 - Lt.Cdr. Edward Gregson Roper, DSC, RN In Command 7th January 1943 - Lt. Philip Bekenn, RN In Command 26th December 1943 - Participated in the Battle of North Cape 27th December 1944 - Lt.Cdr. Charles Shelly Battersby, RN In Command 7th June 1945 - Accompanied the King & Queen to the Channel Islands 1st July 1945 - Lt.Cdr. (emergency) Victor Alexander Christian Henry George de Mauny, RN In Command 1946 - Broken up | |||
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