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1 9
3 9
September
3rd
Deployed with 19th Destroyer
Flotilla
at Plymouth for convoy escort duties and anti
submarine
operations in Channel and SW
Approaches.
October
Channel
and SW Approaches convoy defence in
continuation.
to
December
1 9
4 0
January
Deployed for convoy defence in
Western Approaches Command based at
Plymouth.
7th
Deployed with HM Destroyer VANOC and
joined inward Convoy
HG13
as relief
for two French warships as escort
during passage
in SW Approaches to Liverpool.
8th
HM Destroyers VENETIA, VOLUNTEER and
HM Trawler ARCTIC
RANGER joined escort.
10th
Detached from HG13 and took passage
to
Plymouth.
February
18th
Deployed with HM Destroyer
VANQUISHER and joined inward
Convoy HG18 to relieve
French warship
as escort for remainder of passage
to Liverpool
from Gibraltar.
19th
Detached from HG18 on arrival at
Liverpool
and took passage to
Plymouth.
March
Western Approaches convoy
defence based at
Plymouth in
continuation.
April
8th
Deployed with HM Sloop
ROCHESTER,
HM Destroyers VIMY and WITCH
to join inward
Convoy HG25F as
escort for passage into Liverpool from Gibraltar.
Relieved French
warship.
9th
HMS VIMY and HMS WITCH detached.
11th
Detached from HG25F with HMS
ROCHESTER on arrival at
Liverpool
Based at
Liverpool
for Western
Approaches convoy defence.
(Note:
Headquarters of Western Approaches
Command had been
transferred to Liverpool
and
some
escorts had been transferred for
detached service with
Home Fleet after German
invasion
of
Norway.).
May
Pennant
Number for visual signalling
purposes changed to I92 to conform with
changes
introduced
for all RN warships.
15th
Escorted HM Aircraft Carrier
GLORIOUS
with HM Destroyers DIANA and VETERAN
during
passage from
Clyde
to Norwegian coast.
June
7th
Passage to join troopships
returning
from
Norway
delayed by
fog.
(Note:
HM Destroyers ATHERSTONE, ANTELOPE,
WITHERINGTON and
WOLVERINE
were also
deployed.)
Joined
troopships and HM Cruiser VINDICTIVE
in position 61N 6W and took passage
to
Clyde
as part of
escort.
8th
Under air attack which was
repelled.
See Naval Staff
History (HMSO, 2002) for details.
July
Resumed
Atlantic convoy defence in NW
Approaches.
August
Atlantic
convoy escort in continuation
September
Detached
for escort of HM Auxiliary
Minelayers MENESTHEUS,
PORT
NAPIER,
SOUTHERN
PRINCE and PORT
QUEBEC during minelay in Northern
Barrage with HM
Destroyers
VANSITTART, WHITEHALL
and
WITHERINGTON.
(Operation SN42).
October
Atlantic convoy escort in
continuation.
November
Part
of escort of Convoy HG47 with HM
Sloop FOLKESTONE and HM Corvette
GENTIAN.
Detached to Join
HM Canadian Destroyer ST LAURENT
in escort for
Convoy HX90.
December
1st
In action with U-Boats attacking
HX90.
(Note:
This convoy was subjected to a
series of attacks and
had scattered.
Six
U-Boats were involved and in all
sank 10 merchant ships.
Many
weaknesses in defence tactics used
were exposed and corrected.
See
THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC by Donald MacIntyre, Naval Staff History
and
U-BOAT WAR IN THE
ATLANTIC
(HMSO)).
1 9
4 1
January
Atlantic
convoy escort duty in continuation.
to
May
June
Taken
in hand at Liverpool
for conversion to Long Range Escort.
(For
details see BRITISH DESTROYERS by
Edgar J March)
July
.
Under
conversion
to
November
December
On
completion of Post Refit trials
worked-up for operational duties.
Resumed convoy
defence duties in NW Approaches.
1 9
4 2
January
Atlantic convoy escort in
continuation.
to
March
April
Joined
Norwegian Corvettes
ACANTHUS (Ex HMS, later ANDENES ), EGLANTINE (Ex-HMS, later SOROY ),
HM
Corvettes ROSE and POTENTILLA as 6th
British Escort Group for Atlantic
convoy
escort.
May
Escorted
Convoy SC83 with corvettes of Group.
June
Atlantic
convoy escort with Group in
continuation
to
(Note: Surface warning radar Type
271 and HEDGEHOG Ahead Throwing
Mortar fitted
July
by this period.
See RADAR AT
SEA
by D Howse,
SEEK AND
STRIKE by W.
Hackmann
and THE
BATTLE
OF THE ATLANTIC
by D
Macintyre).
August
HM
Norwegian Corvette MONTBRETIA Joined
Group.
Escorted Convoy
ONS122 with Group.
13th
Under series of
sustained attacks from LOHS Group
of U-Boats.
23rd
Intercepted radio transmissions from
U-
Boat and obtained 'fix' on position
with cross bearing on
fitted
direction finding set in another
escort.
Carried out
attacks on submarine after
detection by ASDIC (Sonar).
Two
submarines damaged but four ships in
convoy lost.
(Note:
For details of improved capabilities
using new radio
equipments see SEEK
AND
STRIKE,
BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS by J Terraine
and RADAR AT
SEA
by D Howse.).
September
Atlantic convoy escort in
continuation with Group.
HM
Destroyer FAME
Joined Group.
October
Part
of escort for Convoy SC1CW with
ships of Group.
Under
attack by ten U-Boats of WOTAN
group.
15th
Carried out
attacks on U607 after radar
detection.
Rammed
and sank U661 in position 53.42N
35.56H.
For
details see U-BOATS DESTROYED by P
Kemp
There
were no survivors.
Sustained
major structural damage and had to
leave escort.
December
Under
repair
1 9
4 3
January
Under repair.
HM
Corvettes VERVAIN and KINGCUP joined
Group.
February
On
completion of repair rejoined Group.
Escorted Convoy
ONS165 with ships of Group.
17th
Under attack by
U-Boats of TAIFUN Group.
Sank
U69 in position 50.50N 40.50W, again
by ramming.
There
were no survivors.
(Note:
HMS
FAME sank U201 during defence of this convoy.
See
above references. for
details of new tactics and
weapons used in
the
crucial 1943 convoy battles.
March
Under
repair.
to
April
May
Resumed
North
Atlantic
convoy escort.
to
Detached
during this period for offensive
operations in
Bay
of Biscay.
July
August
Attacks
were made in conjunction with
aircraft against U-Boats in transit
across
the Bay of Biscay to and from Atlantic convoy routes.
(Operation
DERANGE - See CONFLICT OVER THE BAY
by N Franks).
September
Deployed
with HM Escort Carrier FENCER, HM
Destroyers INCONSTANT,
WHITEHALL
and
WRESTLER,
Polish ORP GARLAND and Polish ORP
BURZA as 8th Support Group to escort
military
convoy to
Azores (Operation ALACRITY)
(Note:
This operation was to establish air
bases in the
Azores).
October
Deployment with 8th Support Group
for ALACRITY in
continuation.
On
completion resumed Atlantic convoy
defence.
November
Atlantic convoy defence in
continuation.
to
December
1 9
4 4
January
Deployed
for Atlantic convoy defence without
significant engagements.
to
(Note: Not deployed for support or
escort during
Normandy
landings).
December
1 9
4 5
January
Atlantic
and Home coastal waters convoy
defence
to
Withdrawn
from operational service and placed
on the Disposal List.
February
(Note:
Other new escort ships were
available and crew
released could be used to man these
vessels.
This ship had already made a
valuable contribution
to the winning of The Battle
of the
Atlantic and like her sisters of WW1 vintage could be retired
with honour).
March
Paid-off
and reduced to Reserve status.
