Around 2030/5, she grounded near the boom and damaged her propellers. HMS Matabele was detached to Scapa Flow at 1130/5. HMS Fame was detached at 2359/3 to go to the aid of the torpedoed liner Athenia but she was not needed to pick up survivors and proceeded to the Clyde arriving in the moring of the 5th having carried out an A/S sweep en-route. HMS Bedouin, HMS Eskimo, HMS Punjabi and HMS Tartar were at Scapa Flow between 1100//3. HMS Faulknor, HMS Fearless, HMS Firedrake, HMS Fortune and HMS Foxhound were at Scapa Flow between 1000//3. Most of the destroyer had to return to Scapa Flow once to refuel, HMS Somali and HMS Ashanti were at Scapa Flow between 0100//2. HMS Diomede, HMS Dragon, HMS Dunedin, HMS Effingham and HMS Emerald returned to Scapa Flow in the morning of the 7th. HMS Belfast returned to Scapa Flow with the Fleet. HMS Aurora and HMS Sheffield returned to Scapa Flow in the evening of September 5th. HMS Caledon, HMS Calypso and HMS Cardiff returned to Scapa Flow in the early morning of September 5th. Most of the cruisers had acted independently to inspect shipping. The bulk of the Fleet returned to Scapa Flow in the morning of September 6th. Some of the ships had already been at sea for exercises. These ships departed Scapa Flow around the same time. Spooner, DSO, RN) which were escorted by destroyers from the 6th Destroyer Flotilla HMS Somali (Capt. Whitworth, CB, DSO, RN), HMS Repulse (Capt. Glennie, RN, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral W.J. To patrol off the Skagerrak was the battlecruiser squadron which was made up of the battlecruisers HMS Hood (Capt. These ships were escorted by destroyers from the 8th Destroyer Flotilla HMS Faulknor (Capt. Bowes-Lyon, MVO, RN) (from the 7th Cruiser Squadron. William-Powlett, DSC, RN), HMS Diomede (Commodore E.B.C. Agar, VC, DSO, RN) (from the 12th Cruiser Squadron), HMS Caledon (Capt. Scott, DSC, RN) (from the 18th Cruiser Squadron), HMS Effingham (Capt. Middleton, RN, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral R.H.C. Wells, CB, DSO, RN), light cruisers HMS Aurora (Capt.
Power, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral L.V.
Syfret, RN), aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (Capt. Miles, RN, flying the flag of Admiral J.M. Ships that participated in this patrol were battleships HMS Nelson (Capt. Notable events involving Belfast include:Īround 1800/31, the Home Fleet departed Scapa Flow to patrol between Scotland, Iceland and Norway for returning German merchant vessels. Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page. You can help improve our commands sectionĬlick here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel. Please note that we're still working on this section.
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