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HMS Boreas |
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HMS Boreas Laid Down : 22nd July 1929 Launched : 18th July 1930 Completed : 20th February 1931 Type : Destroyer Class : B Builder : Palmer Country : UK Pennants : H77 Fate : Lent to Greece (Salamis) 5th April 1944. Later became : Salamis |
| Displacement: 1,360 tons Speed: 35kts Complement: 138. Armament: Four 4.7 inch guns, two 2 pdr anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes. |
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  HMS Boreas, January 1938. |   HMS Boreas (P) |
Timeline Entries : | |||
18th July 1930 - Pennant H77 18th July 1930 - Launched 1st September 1931 - 7th Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean 1st September 1931 - Sailed Malta 3rd September 1931 - Arrived Skiathos 11th September 1931 - Arrived Thasos 11th September 1931 - Sailed Skiathos 24th September 1931 - Arrived Mudros 24th September 1931 - Sailed Thasos 6th October 1931 - Arrived Milos 16th October 1931 - Sailed Milos 17th October 1931 - Arrived Suda Bay 26th October 1931 - Arrived Malta 7th January 1932 - Sailed Malta 29th January 1932 - Arrived Malta 30th March 1932 - Arrived Cagliari 5th April 1932 - Arrived Bizerta 14th April 1932 - Arrived Aranci Bay 22nd April 1932 - Arrived Malta 22nd April 1932 - Lt. Cmdr. T. M. Pizey in Command 1st October 1932 - Lt. Cmdr. T. M. Pizey in Command 1st October 1932 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla. Mediterranean Fleet 14th January 1933 - Arrived Suda Bay 25th January 1933 - Sailed Suda Bay 25th January 1933 - Arrived Gulf of Patras 1st February 1933 - Arrived Malta 7th March 1933 - Sailed Malta for Pollensa Bay 10th March 1933 - Arrived Palma 28th March 1933 - Sailed Pollensa for Golfe Juan 30th March 1933 - Arrived Golfe Juan 3rd April 1933 - Sailed Golfe Juan for Leghorn 3rd April 1933 - Arrived Leghorn 12th April 1933 - Arrived Gulf of St. Tropez 24th April 1933 - Sailed Gulf of St. Tropez 24th April 1933 - Sailed St. Tropez for Malta 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 19th July 1933 - Arrived Venice 5th August 1933 - Arrived Kotor 27th October 1933 - Sailed UK for Gibraltar and work up 4th December 1933 - Sailed Gibralta for Malta 9th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for cruise 10th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for short winter cruise 25th January 1934 - Arrived Malta 3rd March 1934 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 23rd March 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 27th March 1934 - Arrived Golfe Juan 10th April 1934 - Arrived Gulf of St. Tropez 24th April 1934 - Sailed St. Tropez for Malta 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 31st August 1934 - Arrived Malaluka Bay 8th October 1934 - Arrived Rogoznica 10th January 1935 - Sailed Malta 12th January 1935 - Arrived Port Itea 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 21st January 1935 - Arrived Anchorage x 21st January 1935 - Sailed Port Itea 23rd January 1935 - Sailed Anchorage x 25th January 1935 - Arrived Malta 28th February 1935 - Sailed Malta 4th March 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 6th March 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar 6th March 1935 - Commenced Combined Fleet Exercises 16th March 1935 - Completed Combined Fleet Exercises 16th March 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 22nd April 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar 22nd April 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 22nd April 1935 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla 25th April 1935 - Arrived Malta 26th April 1935 - Arrived Malta 29th April 1935 - Sailed Malta 2nd May 1935 - Arrived Haifa 10th May 1935 - Sailed Haifa 14th May 1935 - Arrived Malta 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 31st July 1935 - Arrived Malta 27th July 1936 - Sailed Gibraltar 5th March 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 22nd May 1937 - Arrived Portland 5th June 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 7th August 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 2nd March 1938 - Picked up survivors from Spanish Cruiser Baleares 2nd March 1938 - Cdr. J.W.M. Eaton in Command 6th March 1938 - Arrived and Siled Oran 12th March 1938 - Sailed Tangier for Gibraltar 29th March 1938 - Arrived Portsmouth 5th July 1938 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla 5th July 1938 - Commenced Combined exercises 10th July 1938 - Completed Combined exercises 1st August 1938 - Sailed the Downs for Southwold 1st March 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 28th March 1939 - Lt.Cdr. Michael Wilfred Tomkinson, RN In Command 30th April 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portland 27th July 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth August 1939 - Attached to Aircraft Carriers, Home Fleet 15th August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for exercises 31st August 1939 - Sailed Dover on patrol 3rd September 1939 - 19th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 37, Nore Command 13th October 1939 - Picked up three survivors and five bodies from U-40. 9 miles 155° from the S Goodwin Light Vessel. 18th October 1939 - Attacked north of the Goodwin Sands by a German seaplane, but no damage was done. 29th October 1939 - Repairing at Portsmouth. Assigned to the 19th Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich 31st October 1939 - At Portsmouth for repairs 27th November 1939 - Joined Convoy OA.42. Detached same day 10th December 1939 - Sailed Dover for Boulogneescorting HMS Corington with HM King George VI 14th December 1939 - Escorting minelayer Princess Victoria 1st February 1940 - Arrived Rosyth from Harwich 1st February 1940 - Transferred to the Rosyth Command to assist in anti-submarine patrols 2nd February 1940 - Sailed Rosyth for anti-submarine operations off Kinnaird Head. 3rd February 1940 - Took off Survivors from HMS Sphinx 4th February 1940 - Arrived Invergordon 7th February 1940 - Sailed Aberdeen for minelay LD 2 in the North Sea 7th February 1940 - Damage repaired at Aberdeen 8th February 1940 - Arrived Rosyth 8th February 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 8th February 1940 - Searched for a submarine, nine miles 207° from Sumburgh Head 9th February 1940 - Searched for a submarine reported one mile SSE of Buchan Ness 9th February 1940 - Patrolled in the vicinity of Rattray Head. 11th February 1940 - Arrived Aberdeen 14th February 1940 - Searched for a submarine contact in Moray Firth 14th February 1940 - Detached from submarine hunting off Rattray Head 15th February 1940 - Arrived Invergordon. Sailed same day to escort the collision-damaged HMS Duncan 22nd February 1940 - Sailed Rosyth for the Humber. 22nd February 1940 - Sailed Rosyth on minelaying operation PA 1 in the North Sea. 24th February 1940 - Sailed Immingham for Invergordon 24th February 1940 - Sailed the Humber for Rosyth. 26th February 1940 - Arrived Invergordon 29th February 1940 - Sailed minelaying Operation PA2 in Moray Firth 2nd March 1940 - Arrived in the Tyne 2nd March 1940 - Sailed the Tyne escorting Convoy FS.110 2nd March 1940 - Sailed the Tyne in Convoy FS.10 for the Humber 4th March 1940 - Arrived Southend with Convoy FS.110 1st April 1940 - 19th Destroyer Flotilla 37th Division Captain D 1st April 1940 - Lt. Cdr. M.W. Tomkinson in Command 1st April 1940 - Repairing at London 19th November 1940 - Lt.Cdr. David Hugh Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, DSC, RN In Command 8th December 1941 - Lt.Cdr. Eric Lister Jones, DSC, RN In Command 1944 - Sold to Greece | |||
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