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August
9th
Attended Review
of Fleet in
Weymouth
Bay.
10th
Remained in commission and took passage
to Scapa
Flow
to work up with ships of the
Home
Fleet for operational service
13th
Joined 12th Cruiser Squadron for patrol
and interception duties in NW
Approaches.
September
3rd
Deployed with HM Cruisers EMERALD,
ENTERPRISE,
DELHI,
DUNEDIN
and
CARDIFF.
6th
Deployed as Flagship for ships of the
5th and 12th Cruiser Squadrons deployed
for Northern
Patrol
to intercept German mercantiles
attempting to return
to home ports and commerce
raiders on
passage to attack Atlantic shipping.
October
2nd
Transferred with HM Cruisers EMERALD
and ENTERPRISE for interception of raiders and
for convoy
defence in
Atlantic.
Took passage to Plymouth
before
departure.
9th
Relieved HM Cruiser BERWICK as escort
for Convoy KJ3 from West Indies to
UK.
26th
Arrived at Devonport for boiler clean
after detaching from KJ3
November
7th
Embarked gold bullion at Devonport for
transfer to
Canada
as payment for materials
obtained
from
USA.
17th
On arrival at
Halifax
deployed as Senior Officer West
Indies Patrol.
24th
Took passage from
Halifax
to
Bermuda
with HM Cruiser
PERTH
(RAN) for interception duties
in West Indies.
December
1st
Deployed on interception
patrol with HMAS PERTH.
3rd
Took passage from
Kingston,
Jamaica
for Halifax.
6th
Arrived at
Halifax
7th
Passage to Bermuda.
9th
Under repair in Bermuda
after condenseritis
during patrol.
24th
Passage to Halifax.
29th
Sailed from Halifax
as escort for
convoy to
UK.
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January
10th
Arrived at Portsmouth
after arrival
of convoy in Home waters.
11th
Taken in hand for
repair by HM Dockyard,
Portsmouth.
February
Under repair.
to
March
April
Carried
out Post Repair trials.
8th
German invasion
of
Norway.
Nominated for
service with Home Fleet on completion
of trials
(Operation RUPERT/R4).
12th
Took passage to Scapa
Flow
for support
of military operations in Norway.
16th
Joined HM Cruisers
YORK
and
CALCUTTA
screened by HM Destroyer
ASHANTI off Alesund
to search tor
German destroyers
reported on passage to
Trondheim.
19th
Under attack by
U38 off Harstad which failed due to
torpedo defect.
Deployed
on patrol off Harstad with HM Cruiser
AURORA, HM Destroyers FAULKNOR,
ESCAPADE
end JUPITER.
20th
Deployed as AA Guardship
at Harstad, wearing Flag of FO Norway.
21st
Relieved by HMS ENTERPRISE
24th
Bombarded enemy positions at Narvik with
HM Battleship WARSPITE, HM Cruisers
AURORA,
ENTERPRISE
and HM
Destroyer ZULU.
Screen
provided by m Destroyers FAULKNOR,
ENCOUNTER, ESCORT, HERO, HAVOCK,
HOSTILE, FOXHOUND.
Polish destroyers BLYSKAWICA and GROM.
Landing
of troops from VINDICTIVE not carried
out because weather conditions made any
assessment of
results impossible.
May
1st
Bombarded enemy positions at Akenes
with HM Battleship RESOLUTION and HM
Cruiser
AURORA.
FO
Norway embarked to witness the
bombardment.
Carried out
reconnaissance of Ofotfjord.
3rd
Further bombardment with HM Cruiser
AURORA in support of planned landings
7th
Covered landings at Herjangsfjord
north of Narvik by French troops with
HMS
AURORA
and five
destroyers .
12th
Embarked FO Norway at Harstad and sailed
for Ballangen.
Collected French
Foreign Legion troops at Ballangen
for landing at Herjangs
Fjord.
(Note: HMS
AURORA also embarked French soldiers.)
13th
Passage to Bjervik
with
HM Battleship RESOLUTION, HM Cruiser VINDICTIVE and
screened
by HM Destroyers HAVELOCK, SOMALI, FAME.
BASILISK and WREN.
14th
Provided naval gunfire support with HMS
AURORA during landings at Bjerkvik,
north
of Narvik.
Returned to Harstad
on completion.
16th
Embarked South Wales Borderers for
passage to Bodo.,
Took
passage with HM Cruisers COVENTRY and
CAIRO
screened by HM Destroyers
MATABELE and
ECHO.
18th
Ran aground at 23
knots on Faksen
Shoal in Vestfjord,
near Bliksvoer,
when taking short cut.
Position 67.17N
13-58E.
Troops
transferred to HMS COVENTRY by HMS
ECHO
but equipment including bren
gun
carriers
were lost.
Troops
returned to Bodo
with HMS COVENTRY.
(For
details see THE DOOMED EXPEDITION by
Jack Adams and Naval Staff History –
2001)
Sunk by HMS MATABELE
by gunfire and torpedo.
Crew
used to provide guard for local craft
manned by Norwegians.
