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Convoy JW 54B
Convoy JW 54B was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in late November 1943, reaching the Soviet northern ports at the end of the month. All ships arrived safely. Forces The convoy consisted of 15 merchant ships which departed from Loch Ewe on 22 November 1943. Close escort was led by the destroyer ''Beagle'' and comprised three corvettes and a minesweeper. These were supported by an Ocean escort of eight Home Fleet destroyers led by ''Hardy''. The convoy was also accompanied initially by a local escort group from Britain. A cruiser cover force comprising ''Kent'', ''Jamaica'' and ''Bermuda'' also followed the convoy, to guard against attack by surface units. Distant cover was provided by a Heavy Cover Force comprising the battleship ''Anson'', the cruiser ''Belfast'' and four destroyers. JW 54B was opposed by a U-boat force of five boats in a patrol line, code-named ''Eisenbart'', in the Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctic Convoys Of World War II
The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet Union – primarily Arkhangelsk (Archangel) and Murmansk in Russia. There were 78 convoys between August 1941 and May 1945, sailing via several seas of the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic and Arctic Ocean, Arctic oceans, with two gaps with no sailings between July and September 1942, and March and November 1943. About 1,400 merchant ships delivered essential supplies to the Soviet Union under the Anglo-Soviet Agreement, Anglo-Soviet agreement and US Lend-Lease program, escorted by ships of the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, and the U.S. Navy. Eighty-five merchant vessels and 16 Royal Navy warships (two cruisers, six destroyers, eight other escort ships) were lost. Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' lost a number of vessels including German battleship Scharnhorst, one battleship, three destroyers, 30 U-boats, and many aircraft. The con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convoy JW 54A
Convoy JW 54A was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in November 1943, reaching the Soviet northern ports at the end of the month. JW 54A was the first out-bound Arctic convoy of the 1943–44 winter season, following their suspension during the summer. All ships arrived safely. Forces JW 54A consisted of 19 merchant ships which departed from Loch Ewe on 15 November 1943. Close escort was provided by the destroyers ''Inconstant'' and ''Whitehall'', and two other vessels. These were supported by seven Home Fleet destroyers led by ''Onslow'' (Capt.JA McCoy commanding). The convoy was also accompanied initially by a local escort group from Britain, and was also joined later by a local escort from Murmansk. A cruiser cover force comprising ''Kent'' (R.Adm AFE Palliser), ''Jamaica'' and ''Bermuda'' also followed the convoy, to guard against attack by surface units. Distant cover was provided by a H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Vigilant (R93)
HMS ''Vigilant'' was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. Second World War service On 26 March 1945 she, along with the destroyers , , and , intercepted a Japanese supply convoy east of Khota Andaman, Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. She and ''Virago'' sank . Also part of the escorting destroyers of the 21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron involved in Operation Dracula from April to May 1945. She participated in the Battle of the Malacca Strait with the destroyers ''Saumarez'', , , and ''Virago'' which culminated in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser on 16 May 1945. Post-War service In January 1946 ''Vigilant'' was part of the Londonderry Flotilla and in September 1946 went to the Mediterranean. Between 1947 and 1951 she was held in reserve at Portsmouth. In 1951 she began conversion into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, by Thornycroft at Woolston. She was also allocated the new pennant number F93. Between 1953 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HNoMS Stord (G26)
HNoMS ''Stord'' was a Royal Norwegian Navy destroyer during the Second World War. She was built for the Royal Navy as the S-class destroyer HMS ''Success'', but was transferred prior to completion in 1943 to the Norwegian Armed Forces in exile. ''Stord'' survived the war and remained in service with the RNN until 1959. Description ''Stord'' displaced at standard load and at deep load. She had an overall length of , a beam of and a deep draught of . She was powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of and gave a maximum speed of . ''Stord'' carried a maximum of of fuel oil that gave her a range of at . Her complement was 170 officers and ratings. The ship was armed with four 45-calibre 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark XII guns in dual-purpose mounts. For anti-aircraft (AA) defence, ''Stord'' had one twin mount for Bofors 40 mm guns and four twin O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Scourge (G01)
HMS ''Scourge'' was an S-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The ship was sold to the Netherlands postwar, where it saw action in the Korean War and the West New Guinea dispute. Description ''Scourge'' displaced at standard load and at deep load. She had an overall length of , a beam of and a deep draught of . She was powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of and gave a maximum speed of . ''Scourge'' carried a maximum of of fuel oil that gave her a range of at . Her complement was 170 officers and ratings. The ship was armed with four 45- calibre 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark XII guns in dual-purpose mounts. For anti-aircraft (AA) defence, ''Scourge'' had one twin mount for Bofors 40 mm guns and four twin Oerlikon autocannon. She was fitted with two above-water quadruple mounts for torpedoes. Two de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Scorpion (G72)
HMS ''Scorpion'' was an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, the eleventh of her name, commissioned on 11 May 1943. Initially she was to be named ''Sentinel'', but this was changed following the loss of the ''Scorpion'' in the Bangka Strait in February 1942. She served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, mostly in the Arctic Ocean, and fought in the Battle of North Cape. She was sold to the Netherlands in 1945 and scrapped in 1963. War time service Home Fleet and convoy escort ''Scorpion'' joined the 23rd Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow on 11 May 1943 and was deployed on patrol in the Northwestern Approaches. On 20 October she joined an escort group of nine destroyers, a Norwegian corvette and two minesweepers which sailed to the Kola Inlet as part of Operation FR, tasked to bring back merchant ships that had been waiting in Russian ports over the summer while the Arctic Convoys were suspended. Covered by dense fog, convoy RA 54A arrived sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Savage (G20)
HMS ''Savage'' was an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched on 24 September 1942. The vessel was adopted by the town of Burton upon Trent. ''Savage'' differed from the rest of the class in being fitted with a new gun, with a twin mounting for the QF Mk III gun forward and two single QF Mk IV guns aft. The twin mount was taken from spares for the aircraft carrier . Initially serving as part of the destroyer escort screen for capital ships, ''Savage'' joined Operation Camera off the Norwegian coast, an unsuccessful diversionary expedition to distract the enemy from the invasion of Sicily, and escorted from Gibraltar to Scapa Flow. However, for the majority of the ship's career, ''Savage'' escorted convoys to the Soviet Union. In December 1943, the destroyer took part in the Battle of the North Cape which saw the destruction of the . After the war, ''Savage'' was refitted as gunnery training ship. The ship was decommissioned and, on 11 April 1962, sold to be broken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Saumarez (G12)
HMS ''Saumarez'' was an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, completed on 1 July 1943. As a flotilla leader, her standard displacement was 20 tons heavier than other ships of her class. She continued the tradition of flotilla leaders being named after prominent British seamen, in her case Vice-Admiral James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Arctic convoys After working up, the ''Saumarez'' was allocated to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet, and shortly after to the 23rd Destroyer Flotilla, working with the Arctic convoys. She was one of the escorts which sailed from Seyðisfjörður, Iceland on 23 October, taking with them five Russian minesweepers and six Russian motor launches, to bring back from the Kola Inlet thirteen ships which had been there since the Spring. The convoy (RA 54A) sailed from Arkhangelsk on 1 November and arrived in United Kingdom ports on 13 and 14 November without loss, although it had been delayed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Halcyon (J42)
HMS ''Halcyon'' was the lead ship in her class of minesweepers built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s. The vessel was launched on 20 December 1933 and was used as a convoy escort and during the landing operations during the Invasion of Normandy during World War II. The ship was sold for scrapping in 1950. Design and description The ''Halcyon'' class designed as a replacement for the preceding and varied in size and propulsion. ''Halcyon'' displaced at standard load and at deep load. The ship had an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of . She was powered by two vertical compound-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The engines produced a total of and gave a maximum speed of . ''Halcyon'' carried a maximum of of fuel oil that gave her a range of at .Lenton, p. 252 The ship's complement consisted of 80 officers and ratings.Chesneau, p. 63 ''Halcyon'' was armed with two QF 4-inch (10.2&nbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Poppy (K213)
HMS ''Poppy'' was a that served in the Royal Navy as a convoy escort during World War II. Design and construction The Flower class arose as a result of the Royal Navy's realisation in the late 1930s that it had a shortage of escort vessels, particularly coastal escorts for use on the East coast of Britain, as the likelihood of war with Germany increased. To meet this urgent requirement, a design developed based on the whale-catcher - this design was much more capable than naval trawlers, but cheaper and quicker to build than the s or sloops that were alternatives for the coastal escort role. The early Flowers, such as ''Aubrietia'' were long overall, at the waterline and between perpendiculars. Beam was and draught was aft. Displacement was about standard and full load. Two Admiralty three-drum water tube boilers fed steam to a vertical triple-expansion engine rated at which drove a single propeller shaft. This gave a speed of . 200 tons of oil were carried, giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Dianella (K07)
HMS ''Dianella'' was a of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War. The Flower-class corvettes were designed as a cheap and simple multi-role warship capable of being built in the multitude of small civilian shipyards not usually accustomed to building to naval standards. John Lewis, & Sons Ltd, Torry, Aberdeen was such a company that constructed coasters, drifters and cargo vessels. During the Second World War, John Lewis & Sons built more than thirty vessels, including small warships. minesweeper trawlers and patrol vessels; six of these were Flower-class corvettes. She had been launched with the name HMS ''Daffodil'' and, unusually, this was changed to HMS ''Dianella'' on 26 October 1940 prior to commissioning. She sailed from Aberdeen in January 1941 for Tobermory, to work-up before being sent to join a group on ocean escort of convoys. After a few weeks working-up the ship and the crew, Admiral Stephenson would the personally inspect each escort and put th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
