HMS Cumberland was off the River Plate and HMNZS Achilles was patrolling the Rio de Janeiro area. 3 Jan 1940HMS Dorsetshire (Capt. Force M; area: Dakar, Senegal. In April 1932 Shropshire returned to England, paid off at Chatham on 4 April and after recommissioning the following day, returned to the Mediterranean for her second tour of duty with the Mediterranean Fleet, arriving at Gibraltar on 29 April 1932. During November them most important event at Dakar, where the French were maintaining a number of more or less regular patrols, was the reorganisation of ‘Force X’. If you are 13 years old when were you born? On 7 December ‘Force X’ left Dakar for the rendez-vous. No reply to the ultimatum had been received from the French authorities, and at 2003 hours (two minutes before it’s expiration) Acting Rear-Admiral Onslow made a polite signal asking for an answer. 7 Feb 1941HMS Dorsetshire (Capt. Martin, RN) arrived at Freetown. For the daily positions of HMS Dorsetshire during the period of 29 June 1940 to 12 July 1940 see the map below. B.C.S. T. Muir, RNVR). Martin, RN), bombarded Dante in Italian Somaliland (now Ras Hafun, Somalia). It missed. The armed merchant cruiser ), HMS Cathay (A/Capt.(Retd.) His force departed Scapa Flow around 0100/22. After the action the cruisers started to zig-zag due to fear for German submarines. Became the Australian heavy cruiser Shropshire, Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel, William Beardmore & Co. (Dalmuir, Scotland), ADM 53/112036 + ADM 53/111885 + ADM 53/112448. HMS Ajax then refuelled at San Borombon Bay from the Olynthus. At 2350 hours a vessel was detected ahead and the squadron broke cloud to deliver an attack. Howlett, RN) for A/S escort in the approaches to Gibraltar. Norway to resume duties off Narvik in support of shore operations. This ship was en-route from Brisbane, Australia to London. The South America Division during the first half of October 1939. Agar, VC, DSO, RN) conducted AA gunnery exercises at Scapa Flow. In the evening of 5 April the Japanese Malaya-Force was ordered to commence attacking Allied shipping along the Indian east coast. 18th        Detached from WS4B and took passage to resume trade defence in South Atlantic. Agar, VC, DSO, RN) arrived at Freetown. HMS Cumberland, Nicholson, RN) and HMS Hunter (Lt.Cdr. Agar, VC, DSO, RN) departed Freetown to patrol in the south Atlantic. When the Vice-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers, received this information her detached HMS Hardy and HMS Hasty to sweep north-westward for the Pioneer, while ‘Force K’ and the remaining two destroyers searched for her to the south-westward. ’Force H’ and ‘Force G’, first half of November 1939. From that date until the relief of HMNZS Achilles there would be no warship in this area. Meanwhile four destroyers from the 4th Destroyer Division, Mediterranean Fleet, the HMS Hotspur (Cdr. 23rd Escort Group and ships of 14th Minesweeping Flotilla. He ordered HMNZS Achilles to fuel off the Olynthus in the Plate area on 22 November and then relieve ‘Force G’ in the Rio area as HMS Exeter would need to refuel in the Plate area again on 26 November. Martin, RN) and HMS Cornwall (Capt. L.L.M. Escort was provided by the destroyer HMS Express (Lt.Cdr. Three minutes later three more came from the starboard side (these were fired by HMS Cossack) of which one hit on the starboard bow. Bearn (Capt. When HMS Ajax left Buenos Aires on 8 November she patrolled the Plate area. The Olwen was now nearly out of fuel and filled up HMS Ajax ,which had arrived from the Rio area on the 26th, with her remaining fuel minus 500 tons for her passage to Trinidad. B.C.S. September             Deployed in Mediterranean with 1st Cruiser Squadron. He had in fact been using it for some time. P.A.B. (49). Around 0306/25 the Suffolk lost touch with the Bismarck. B.C.S. C.F. Both these warships had been damaged in 1941 while in action in the Mediterranean and had been sent to Singapore for repairs and refit. HMS Exeter proceeded to the Plate area to cover that important area. Although the Argentinian Government had no apparent intention of raising the issue he decided to cut down the fuellings in the inshore waters of the Plate as much as possible. (51). Although Kurita had temporarily gained an upper hand, he mistakenly believed that he was up against Halsey’s fleet and failed to press home his advantage, electing instead to withdraw. A report came in that the striking force had left. 85 Dive bombers and 3 fighters were then launched which sank HMS Hermes and HMAS Vampire as well as the corvette HMS Hollyhock (Lt.Cdr. Before the Second World War had started, on 21 August 1939, the German ‘pocked battleship’ Admiral Graf Spee departed Wilhelmshaven bound for the South Atlantic. This ship was en-route from Brisbane, Australia to London. 7 Apr 1941HMS Dorsetshire (Capt. B.C.S. The Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1989. 1) (27), 2 Dec 1940HMS Dorsetshire (Capt. Knox-Little, RN), HMS Revenge (Capt. In the north the light cruiser HMS Neptune with the destroyers HMS Hardy, HMS Hero, HMS Hostile and HMS Hasty and the submarine HMS Clyde were returning to Freetown after patrolling between there and Cape San Roque for escaping German merchant ships or raiders. [3], Shropshire returned to the Philippines in time for the Japanese surrender of the islands, the proceeded to Japan, and was present at Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 for the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. As the search for the Adolf Woermann had taken ‘Force K’ nearly 200 miles to the eastward, the Vice-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers decided to proceed to the Cape by the route east of St. Helena to save fuel. B.S.C. HMS Hermes was to remain off Dakar until relieved by HMS Dorsetshire after this ship had returned from fueling at Freetown. HMS Sussex and HMS Shropshire did so on 23 November. Martin, RN), parted company with the convoy made up of the infantery anding ships HMS Glenearn (Capt.(Retd.) There was no indication about the composition of this force. Both ships also refuelled. [1] Shropshire is the only ship of the RN or RAN to carry the name. On 20 May 1941 two large warships with a strong escort were seen at 1500 hours northward out of the Kattegat. Also the battleships HMS Resolution (Capt. B.C.S. The bulk of the French fleet was at this time based in the Mediterranean. This ship was in ballast and en-route from Quelimane (Portugese East Africa now called Mozambique) to Lourenco Marques (now Maputo, also in Portugese East Africa / Mozambique). During the afternoon he informed his command that French warships was orders not to attack the British unless they were within these 20 nautical miles. Force M; area: Dakar, Senegal. B.C.S. At 1820 hours Force A proceeded ahead to Addu Atoll at 19 knots followed by Force B at 15 knots. The attack on the Richelieu.. E.R. At 0509/27 an aircraft was flown off from HMS Ark Royal to act as a spotter for HMS King George V but it failed to find the Bismarck in the bad weather. After the usual conflicting reports from eye-widnesses during the next few days, however, it was doubtful how many raiders there were or whether they were pocket battleships or heavy cruisers. At 1200 hours HMS Hotspur entered Montevideo. Howson, RN), HMS Emerald (Capt. B.C.S. About two hours later Richelieu and Fleuret reversed course and returned to Dakar where they arrived early on the 28th still shadowed by Dorsetshire. On 2 December 1939, the Admiral Graf Spee sank her largest victim, the British merchant Doric Star (10086 GRT, built 1921),in position 19°15’S, 05°05’E. R.D. At 1030/3 a report reached the Commander-in-Chief that the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer had been in 21°20’S, 03°10’E at 0500 hours, clearly indicating that the raider was moving westwards, clear of the Cape-Sierra Leone trade route. Soon after midnight 4/5 July orders were received from the Admiralty that the sloop HMS Milford (Capt. This convoy departed Batavia, Netherlands East Indies on 12 February 1942. Egra (5109 GRT, built 1911), HMS Dorsetshire picked up German survivors until she was forced to leave the scene after a U-Boat alarm. Accordingly at 2248/26 as signal was made to all ordering them to shadow and this operation was carried out through the night, though torpedo attacks were carried out later under the cover of darkness. Scapa Flow on completion of air operations. At 0904 hours, HMS Dorsetshire joined in the firing from the eastwards from a range of 20000 yards but observation of the target was difficult and she had to check fire from 0913 to 0920 hours. Agar, VC, DSO, RN) was undocked. This ship was sunk in position 19°40’S, 04°02’E. This procedure was carried out as planned during the night of 31 March / 1 April but nothing was seen or located. He also pointed out that His Majesty’s ships at Dakar would be placed in a most difficult position. Day, RN) departed Gibraltar for Dakar and Casablanca respectively, and the same morning HMS Bulolo arrived off Fernando Po and showed herself of San Carlos and Santa Isabel. (7). 6 Mar 1940HMS Dorsetshire (Capt. (5). A.G.B. She was therefore ordered to be on long notice to have these defects corrected. The destroyer HMS Sikh (Cdr. Martin, RN), transferred the escort of the captured Vichy-French passenger/cargo ship Touareg to her relief, the light cruiser HMS Delhi (Capt. (23), 23 Aug 1940HMS Dorsetshire (Capt. There was no response and at 2020 hours he decided to take offensive action. Rejoined main body of Fleet, including HM. J.M. Bismarck had just fired her fifth salvo when the Hood was rent in two by a huge explosion rising apparently between the after funnel and the mainmast. 13th        Consequent on decryption of ENIGMA traffic deployed for the, interception of German commerce raider ATLANTIS known to. On 6 April the northern group (Kumano, Suzuya and Shirakumo destroyed 9 ships off Puri (Orissa). Rodney then proceeded with HMS Somali (Capt. The following morning at 6:05am HMAS Australia was hit by a Japanese suicide aircraft. They dropped four torpedoes of which one was seen to hit. Dunkerque (Capt. Meanwhile aircraft from the carrier Ryuju, which operated with the central group, sank 4 more ships and damaged 1 more.

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