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August
Nominated
for duty with Rosyth Escort Force.
September
Deployed
in Rosyth Command for convoy defence in
North
Sea
and NW Approaches.
to
(For details of naval activities In 1939
see ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by
December.
C Barnett).
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9 4 0
January
Area
of deployment extended to cover defence
Channel and East Coast convoys.
to
(Note : Remained on convoy escort duties
and did not take part directly in
evacuation of
May
allied troops from Dunkirk
in May
(Operation DYNAMO).
June
11th
During escort of
Convoy FN23 under air attack.
Rescued
crew of collier HEWORTH which was
sunk after bomb hit.
July
Deployed
for North Sea Convoy defence and
anti-invasion patrol
to
December
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9 4 1
January
Coastal convoy defence in
continuation.
to
(For details of North
Sea
convoys see THREE CORVETTES
by N
Montserrat).
May
June
21st
Rescued the only 3 survivors from tanker
VANCOUVER mined off
Sunk Head Buoy
and set on
fire.
(Note : This
ship had the highest casualties in any
ship lost
off Harwich during WW2
and was on
passage to Shellhaven
from Halifax.
45 lives were lost.)
July
Coastal
convoy defence in continuation
to
December
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9 4 2
January
Deployed
with Home Fleet ships covering passage
of mercantiles
which had broken
out of Baltic Sea from Sweden
(Operation PERFORMANCE).
February
Coastal Convoy defence in
continuation.
to
Note : Fitted with fire control radar
(Type 285) for main armament.
December
(See RADAR AT SEA
by D Howse
for details of design and development
of RN radar).
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9 4 3 a n
d
1 9 4 4
Coastal Convoy
defence in continuation.
(Notes : Did
not take part in escort and support of
allied
landings in Normandy,
see
LANDINGS
IN NORMANDY JUNE 1944 (HMSO) which lists
ships involved).
Additional radar for
detection of aircraft and surface
targets.
Type 286P fitted and
direction
finding outfit for interception of
wireless
signals
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9 4 5
January
Coastal
Convoy defence in continuation.
to
(Note : During this period SCHNORKEL
fitted submarines were concentrating
attacks
April
on
convoy focal points in Home Waters and
Atlantic convoys were re-routed
through
English
Channel.
May
8th
After
VE-Day deployed in support of military
re-occupation operations.
14th
Escorted minesweepers with HM
Destroyer
VENOMOUS during clearance operations
prior
to entry of
allied personnel into Kristiansund,
South
June
Support
deployment in continuation
to
August
