Acworth, OBE, RN), HMS Raider (Lt.Cdr. In the early afternoon of the 12th an air strike with four Hellcats was carried out against airfields on Car Nicobar Island. All ships reached harbour on the 8th. In May-June, the cruiser was involved in convoy escort duties between Cape Town and Freetown, this being the first of the many Middle East troop convoys, convoy WS-1 arrived in South Africa with about 10,000 troop reinforcements for the Middle East. But as the whole area was enveloped in dense fog the Commodore decided against trying to catch her. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Cumberland. Bourgine) , auxiliary patrol vessel Président Houduce (Free French, Lt. L. Deschatres) and the net tender HMS Quannet (T/Lt. The destroyers rejoined the task force at 1000/16. This was the last air report, for at 1745 hours weather conditions obliged HMS Ark Royal to withdraw all reconnaissance aircraft. J.R.A. Crew - Listed Alphabetically; Welcome. By 0800/11 the force was in position 20°18’N, 19°54’W about 1000 nautical miles south of Casablanca. Spurgeon, DSO, RAN), HMS Eclipse (Lt.Cdr. If there appeared to be a good chance of a favourable reception the Free French sloops would land their troops at one of the wharves while the French troopships made for the harbour. HMS Barham avoided the three torpedoes that had missed the Resolution ahead and they passed astern, exploding harmlessly on the bottom. Aircraft from the Ark Royal conducted photographic reconnaissance on the 22nd. A.G.B. The possible contingencies would be referred to as situation ‘Happy’, ‘Sticky’ or ‘Nasty’ according to events. R.H. Gibbs, USN). With this air attack over course was set to return to Trincomalee. If the forts offered serious resistance General de Gaulle would call on Vice-Admiral Cunningham to quell it with a minimum of force. C.E. F.S. Task Force 63 returned to Trincomalee on 9 May. She stood them clear of the convoy, when they separated to patrol in its wake, while the corvette went on by itself. It was decided that the attack on the defences must be renewed the next day if weather conditions were favourable. J.H.F. The Tirpitz and Admiral Hipper meanwhile had joined the Admiral Scheer at the Alternfjord but noting further could be done without the Führer’s approval. By the 7th of July, most of the escort, the rescue ship Zamalek and five merchant ships, the Ocean Freedom, Hoosier, Benjamin Harrison, El Capitan and Samual Chase, had reached Matochkin Strait. HMS Ark Royal, which had engine trouble to repair first, was to follow at 0500/20. Actually Rear-Admiral Hamilton, who was still under the impression that enemy surface forces were in close proximity, argued that once the convoy had been scattered the enemy would leave it to their air forces and submarines to deal with it (and this was exactly what the Germans did). D. Gilmour, RN) and HMS Cumberland (Capt. This was the first and last WS Convoy in which all the so called “Monsters” (Aquitania, Ile De France, Mauretania, Nieuw Amsterdam, Normandie, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary) sailed in company; thereafter they sailed independently relying on speed, zigzagging and evasive routing for A/S protection; not one was torpedoed during the war. That evening the Commodore learned that the Doric Star had been sunk by a raider to the south-east of St. Helena. H.W. It was not only the British which acted on this signal. At 0800/2 HMS Queen Elizabeth opened fire on the runways of the airports and HMS Suffolk on coastal batteries. The Tirpitz and Admiral Hipper meanwhile had joined the Admiral Scheer at the Alternfjord but noting further could be done without the Führer’s approval. The landing party in each sloop consisted of about 60 ‘fusilier marines’, making it about 180 in total. Reports that the enemy raider was not a ‘pocket battleship’ however kept coming in and the Commodore decided that he could not leave the heavy traffic in the Plate area without some form of protection and he ordered HMS Havock to return there but when a report coming in from Bahia, Brazil confirmed that the Clement had been sunk by the ‘pocket battleship’ Admiral Scheer the Commodore once more ordered HMS Havock to join him. He recommended the first alternative. G.H.E. No sights had been obtained since 1800/2 and the convoys position was considerably in doubt. Olopana (6069 GRT, built 1920), Cartwright, RN) departed Freetown to make rendez-vous the next morning with HMS Cumberland (Capt W.H.G. By the 7th of July, most of the escort, the rescue ship Zamalek and five merchant ships, the Ocean Freedom, Hoosier, Benjamin Harrison, El Capitan and Samual Chase, had reached Matochkin Strait. de W. Kitcat, RN), ORP Garland (Lt.Cdr. These were U-456 that was depth charged by HMS Ledbury and sustained light damage and U-657 that was depth charged by HMS Ledbury and HMS Leamington, she sustained no damage. Cooper, RN). (3), 27 Mar 1940HMS Decoy (Cdr. She managed reached harbour as the last ship of the ill-fated PQ 17 convoy making a total of 11 survivors out of a total of 35 ships. HMS Exeter departed Rio de Janeiro the next day. M.S. Rodina (4441 GRT, built 1922), ‘Force K’ would meet HMS Neptune and the destroyers on the 14th and then return with them to Freetown to refuel. B.A. Fallowfield, RN). It was broadcast at 2345 hours in French and English to the Admiral, Governor General and people of Dakar. This Task Force was made up of the British light cruiser HMS Nigeria (Capt. H.G. He at once ordered ‘Force H’, which was at that moment west of St. Helena in the approximate latitute of Lobito to spend three days searching for them.
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