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HMS Cavalier Laid Down : 28th March 1943 Launched : 7th April 1944 Completed : 22nd November 1944 Type : Destroyer Class : C Builder : White Country : UK Pennants : R73, D69 BPF, D73 Fate : Preserved as museum ship from October 1977. Berthed at Chatham Dockyard. |
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  HMS Cavalier, October 1956. |
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February 1943 - Laid down at J. Samuel White and Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight 14th July 1944 - Lt.Cdr. Donald Terry McBarnet, RN In Command 7th November 1944 - Pennant R73 7th November 1944 - Launched 22nd November 1944 - Joined 6th Destroyer Flotilla 22nd November 1944 - Completed and Commissioned 1945 - Pennant D69 British Pacific Fleet February 1945 - Took part in operations in Norway February 1945 - Allocated to the British Pacific Fleet February 1945 - Commenced refit at Rosyth August 1945 - Completed refit at Rosyth 29th September 1945 - Arrived Colombo 10th November 1945 - Took part in bombardment of Sourabaya, Java 30th April 1946 - Sailed Bombay for Singapore 20th May 1946 - Sailed Singapore for Portsmouth 16th June 1946 - Arrived Portsmouth. Reduced to reserve 1955 - Commenced modernisation at Southampton 1957 - Completed modernisation at Southampton 15th July 1957 - Brought out of reserve and joined 8th Destroyer Squadron 31st August 1957 - Sailed Portland for Work up at Malta February 1958 - Arrived Saigon 24th February 1958 - Fleet Exercises 24th February 1958 - Fleet Exercises March 1958 - At the Christmas Islands 24th March 1958 - Arrived Melbourne 29th May 1958 - Sailed Melbourne August 1958 - In the Persian Gulf 1st January 1959 - Arrived Singapore 4th January 1959 - Cdr. J.D. Hope in Command 4th January 1959 - Recommission at Singapore 20th January 1959 - Commenced Work-up off Pulau Tioman 31st January 1959 - Completed Work-up off Pulau Tioman 3rd February 1959 - Arrived Hong Kong 14th February 1959 - Sailed Hong Kong 17th February 1959 - Arrived Singapore 19th February 1959 - Commenced "Rolex", Royal Escort 25th February 1959 - Completed "Rolex", Royal Escort 10th March 1959 - In the Penang Area 11th March 1959 - Commenced Refit Singapore April 1959 - Commenced refit at Singapore June 1959 - Completed refit at Singapore 20th July 1959 - Completed Refit Singapore 22nd July 1959 - Sailed Singapore for Exercise JET and Cochin 26th July 1959 - Sailed Cochin 7th August 1959 - Commenced Guardship at Gan 7th August 1959 - Arrived Gan, Addu Atoll Maldive Islands 29th August 1959 - Completed Guardship at Gan 5th September 1959 - Sailed Singapore 18th September 1959 - Arrived Saigon 22nd September 1959 - Sailed Saigon 23rd October 1959 - Sailed Hong Kong 27th October 1959 - Arrived Tokyo 31st October 1959 - Sailed Tokyo 5th November 1959 - Arrived Hong Kong, Fleet Regatta 10th November 1959 - Sailed Hong Kong 10th December 1959 - Arrived Singapore 1st January 1960 - Arrived Hong Kong 5th January 1960 - Arrived Singapore 6th January 1960 - Sailed Singapore 7th February 1960 - Arrived Gan, Addu Atoll Maldive Islands 12th February 1960 - Arrived Singapore 16th February 1960 - Cdr. G.J. Pritchard in Command 26th February 1960 - Sailed Singapore 3rd March 1960 - Arrived Freemantle 5th March 1960 - Sailed Freemantle 9th March 1960 - Arrived Adelaide 14th March 1960 - Sailed Adelaide 17th March 1960 - Arrived Hobart 22nd March 1960 - Sailed Hobart 24th March 1960 - Arrived Sydney 29th March 1960 - Sailed Sydney 6th April 1960 - Arrived Darwin 7th April 1960 - Sailed Darwin 18th April 1960 - Arrived Hong Kong 26th April 1960 - Sailed Hong Kong 6th May 1960 - Commenced Exercise "Sea Lion" 6th May 1960 - Arrived Manilla 12th May 1960 - Comopleted Exercise "Sea Lion" 13th May 1960 - Arrived Singapore 24th June 1960 - Recommissioned at Singapore November 1960 - Commenced refit at Singapore February 1961 - Completed refit at Singapore 18th May 1961 - Sailed Singapore 19th June 1961 - Arrived Hong Kong July 1961 - Commenced refit at Singapore September 1961 - Completed refit at Singapore November 1961 - Arrived Christmas Island 8th November 1962 - At Labuan 26th November 1962 - Arrived Fremantle December 1962 - Arrived Singapore 11th December 1962 - Off Brunai 8th May 1963 - Standing by off Haiti ready to evacuate about 200 British subjects 26th May 1963 - Arrived Portsmouth and placed into reserve 30th May 1968 - Arrived Plymouth from the Far East 5th November 1968 - Participated in N.A.T.O. Exercise in the Mediterranean 8th November 1968 - Commmenced Exercise "Eden Apple" 23rd February 1969 - Arrived Gibraltar to pay off and to be refitted 6th January 1970 - Sailed Gibraltar for Portsmouth 6th March 1970 - Commissioned 6th July 1971 - Competed in race with HMS Rapid 6th July 1971 - Cdr C Snell in Command 5th July 1972 - Decommissioned 2009 - Preserved at Chatham, Kent | |||
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