HMS ''Fernie'' was a
Type I Hunt-class destroyer
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
built for the
Royal Navy completed in mid-1940. She was adopted by the Civil Community of
Market Harborough,
Leicestershire
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, as part of the
Warship Week campaign in 1942. She has been the only ship in the Royal Navy to carry this name.
Service history
On
commissioning in 1940 ''Fernie'' completed work ups for service the
English Channel. She provided escort cover during the evacuation of troops from French Channel Ports in June 1940. The following month she provided escort cover during the laying of the minefield of the northern barrage, north of
North Rona. During the rest of the year she undertook escort duties in the English Channel.
During 1941 and 1942 she continued escort duties in the English Channel and North sea. In August 1942 she was part of the escort force supporting the landings in the abortive
Dieppe Raid
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and was subject to heavy air attack during the raid.
In 1943 ''Fernie'' undertook convoy defence in the North Sea. In the following year was nominated to provide support for the
Allied
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landings in
Normandy. She then returned to convoy escort and patrol duties in the North Sea and English Channel.
After August 1945 she was used as an air target ship at
Rosyth.
She was subsequently placed in reserve at Chatham. She was then sold to
BISCO for scrap. She arrived for scrapping at Port Glasgow on 7 November 1956.
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External links
Profile on naval-history.net
Hunt-class destroyers of the Royal Navy
Naval ships of Operation Neptune
Ships built on the River Clyde
1939 ships
World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom
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