1943
BATTLE-Class Fleet Destroyer ordered with
ships of the 1st and 2nd Flotillas in 1942
from JS Write at Cowes but later transferred
to Cammell
Laird at
Birkenhead because of air-raid damage at the
Cowes shipyard. The ship was laid down on 6th
January 1943 as Yard No 1124 and
was launched on 24th April 1944 as the 3rd RN
ship to carry this name. It was
introduced in 1811 for a 3rd Rate which was
converted to a screw ship and had
last been used for a 1900 cruiser torpedoed by
U9 on 22nd September 1914 in the
North Sea. Build completion date was 24th July
1945.
To commemorate the
the
second phase of the
battle of Barfleur
in 1692 when the remnant of the
French Fleet was destroyed in the Bay of La Hogue.
B
a t t
le H o
n o u
r s
BALTIC 1854-55 - HELIGOLAND 1914
H
e r a l d i
c D a t a
Badge:
On a Field
Blue, a Chess Rook
within a chaplet of laurel
Gold.
(Note: This is derived from the arms
of Admiral Sir George
Rooke.)
S
u m m a r
y o f
S e r v i c e
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1
9 4 5
July
Commissioned
for contractor's trials.
24th
Build completion and commenced
Acceptance Trials.
Accepted
into Service with British Pacific Fleet.
August On
completion
of trials and storing prepared for foreign
service and took passage
to
Mediterranean.
September
Passage
to join British Pacific
Fleet after work-up in
Mediterranean.
October
Joined
19th Destroyer Flotilla at Hong Kong
to
Flotilla
comprised sister BATTLE Class BARFLEUR,
ARMADA, CAMPERDOWN,
December TRAFALGAR
and
LAGOS.
(Note:
HMS SOLEBAY and HMS
FINISTERRE did not join and remained in Home
waters.
1
9 4 6
Far
East Station deployment with Flotilla in
continuation.
1
9 4 7
Passage
to UK with Flotilla
to reduce to
Reserve status. Paid off and destored.
Laid
up in Reserve.
1
9 4 8
t o 1
9 5 6
Laid
up in Reserve.
Pennant
Number for visual signalling purposes changed
to D74
Nominated
for modernisation.
1
9 5 7
Under
refit for further service.
May Commissioned
for General Service (Home/ Mediterranean) with
HM Destroyers SOLEBAY
and
LAGOS.
Deployed
in 1st Destroyer Squadron
June
Worked-up
with ships of Squadron. in Home Waters.
July
Squadron
deployment.
to
December
1
9 5 8
January
Prepared
for deployment with Squadron in Far East.
to
March
Passage
to Indian Ocean.
(Note: This was first deployment of BATTLE
Class in Far East since
1947)
May
Deployed
with Squadron for Far East Fleet exercises and
visits
programme.
to
December
1 9 5
9
January Deployed
with Squadron for Far East Fleet exercises and
visits
programme.
to
July
August
Took
part in multinational CENTO Exercise JET 59 in
Indian Ocean.
25th
Involved in collision with Indian
cruiser INS MYSORE during night exercise.
Sustained
major structural damage.
September
At
Singapore for hull survey to assess extent of
damage.
to
Declared Constructive
Total Loss as
beyond economic repair.
December
F i n a l P h a s e
HMS HOGUE remained at Singapore and was placed on the Disposal
List. The ship was sold for breaking-up
locally on 1st March 1962.
Addendum
DAMAGE
TO HMS HOGUE FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH INS
MYSORE
by
Tom Henderson
Tom was onboard HMS Hogue on her last voyage,
and remembers that the ships with her for
these night exercises included sister-ships
LAGOS and SOLEBAY. Following are three
photographs he took of the damage, the first
one showing the approximate outline of where
her bow should be which he added in pencil for
his wife:
