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Convoy HG 70
HG 70 was an Allied convoy of the HG (Homeward from Gibraltar) series during World War II. It was attacked by a pack of ten U-boats, without success. All U-boats were beaten off, and they sank no ships of the convoy. Two ships were lost to aircraft; 23 ships arrived safely. Forces involved HG 70 comprised 25 ships homeward bound from Gibraltar, many in ballast, or carrying trade goods.Hague p178 The convoy commodore was R Adm. EW Leir, in the freighter ''Polo'', and the convoy was protected by a Western Approaches Command escort group, consisting of five corvettes. The convoy escort was augmented during the first few days by the destroyer ''Avon Vale'' and the submarine ''Clyde'', and two ASW trawlers. They were joined during the first part of the voyage by the destroyers ''Boreas'' and ''Eridge'', and a second escort group from OG 70, comprising the sloop HMS ''Deptford'', destroyers ''Nestor'' and ''Encounter'', and the corvette ''Convolvulus''; they were also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corvettes
A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the sloop-of-war. The modern roles that a corvette fulfills include coastal patrol craft, missile boat and fast attack craft. These corvettes are typically between 500 tons and 2,000 .although recent designs may approach 3,000 tons, having size and capabilities that overlap with smaller frigates. However unlike contemporary frigates, a modern corvette does not have sufficient endurance and seaworthiness for long voyages. The word "corvette" is first found in Middle French, a diminutive of the Dutch word ''corf'', meaning a "basket", from the Latin ''corbis''. The rank "corvette captain", equivalent in many navies to "lieutenant commander", derives from the name of this type of ship. The rank is the most junior of three "captain" ranks in severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Convolvulus (K45)
HMS ''Convolvulus'' was a of the Royal Navy in World War II. She was launched in 1940, served in the Battle of the Atlantic and was scrapped in 1947. Construction Assigned the pennant number K45, ''Convolvulus'' was built by Charles Hill & Sons, Bristol. She was laid down on 17 January 1940 as yard number 280. She was launched on 22 September 1940 and was subsequently commissioned on 26 February 1941. Service ''Convolvulus'' formed part of the 36th Escort Group which escorted the convoy HG 76 as well as convoys OG 82 and HG 84. During the escort of the latter, ''Convolvulus'' was left on a number of occasions as the convoy's lone escort whilst the other escorts investigated suspected U-boat contact or chased away U-boats caught on the surface. Despite the small escort screen offered by the ships of the 36th Escort Group and the lone sentry duty often performed by ''Convolvulus'', HG 84 suffered only a 22% loss rate. Captain F J Walker, RN, then leader of the 36th Escort Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Encounter (H10)
HMS ''Encounter'' was an E-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion, the ship was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1935–36 during the Abyssinia Crisis. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39, she spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. ''Encounter'' was assigned to convoy escort and anti-submarine patrol duties in the Western Approaches, when World War II began in September 1939. She participated in the Norwegian Campaign before joining Force H in mid-1940 and was present during the Battles of Dakar and Cape Spartivento later that year. The ship was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1941 where she escorted convoys to Malta. ''Encounter'' was badly damaged while refitting at Malta a few weeks after arriving in the Mediterranean and was briefly reassigned to Force H after her repairs were comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMAS Nestor (G02)
HMAS ''Nestor'' (G02) was an J-, K- and N-class destroyer, N-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built in Scotland, ''Nestor'' was Ship commissioning, commissioned in February 1941; although manned by Australians and commissioned as an Australian warship, she remained the property of the Royal Navy. Entering service in 1941, ''Nestor'' spent most of her career as a patrol and escort vessel in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean, and the Far East. In December 1941, the destroyer located and sank the . In June 1942, ''Nestor'' sailed as part of the Operation Vigorous escort force, protecting a supply convoy to Malta. On the evening of 15 June, the ship was heavily damaged by air attack. Despite attempts to tow the ship to base, ''Nestor'' was abandoned and Scuttling, scuttled off Crete the next morning. ''Nestor'' is the only ship of the RAN that never operated in Australian waters. Design and construction The J-, K- and N-class destroyer, N-class destroyer had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Deptford (U53)
HMS ''Deptford'' was a sloop of the British Royal Navy. Built at Chatham Dockyard in the 1930s, ''Deptford'' was launched in 1935 and commissioned later that year. The ship saw early service on the Persian Gulf station, but the outbreak of the Second World War saw ''Deptford'' serving as a convoy escort in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, sinking a German U-boat in 1941. She survived the war and was scrapped in 1948. Construction and design On 10 January 1934, the British Admiralty ordered a single , HMS ''Deptford'', to be built at Chatham Dockyard. She was the seventh ship of her class to be ordered, following two ordered in 1932 and four (two for the Royal Navy, one for the Royal Indian Marine and one for the Royal Australian Navy) in 1933. Another ship would be ordered for the Royal Navy later that year, with two more being ordered in 1935, while the Australians ordered another ship in 1935 and a final 2 in 1938. The ''Grimsby'' class, while based on the previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloop Of War
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' encompassed all the unrated combat vessels, including the very small gun-brigs and cutters. In technical terms, even the more specialised bomb vessels and fireships were classed as sloops-of-war, and in practice these were employed in the sloop role when not carrying out their specialised functions. In World War I and World War II, the Royal Navy reused the term "sloop" for specialised convoy-defence vessels, including the of World War I and the highly successful of World War II, with anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capability. They performed similar duties to the American destroyer escort class ships, and also performed similar duties to the smaller corvettes of the Royal Navy. Rigging A sloop-of-war was quite different from a civilian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Eridge (L68)
HMS ''Eridge'' was a destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1940 and served during the Second World War. Service history On 29 August 1942, ''Eridge'' assisted the destroyers and in sinking the German submarine . At 04:15 on 29 August 1942, she began shelling Axis positions off El Daba, Egypt, at , together with the destroyers and . At 05:00, she was permanently disabled by a 450mm torpedo fired by the Italian motor torpedo boat ''MTSM-228''. The attack caused five fatalities on board ''Eridge''. She was towed to Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ... by the destroyer , where the destroyer was used as a base ship for the rest of the war and sold for scrapping in October 1946. References Publications * * English, John (1987). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Boreas (H77)
HMS ''Boreas'' was a destroyer built for the Royal Navy around 1930. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, she was transferred to the Home Fleet in 1936. She then patrolled Spanish waters, Non-intervention in the Spanish Civil War, enforcing the arms blockade during the first year of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939. She spent most of World War II on convoy escort duties in the English Channel and the North Atlantic, based at Dover, Gibraltar, and Freetown, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate, Sierra Leone. ''Boreas'' also participated in Operation Husky and was later loaned to the Hellenic Navy#History, Royal Hellenic Navy the next year after conversion into an escort destroyer. She was renamed ''Salamis'' and served in the Aegean Sea, Aegean for the rest of the war. ''Salamis'' became a training ship after the war until she was returned to Britain and ship breaking, scrapped in 1952. Description The ship Displacement (ship), displaced at standard load and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
