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In reply to this message, the Chiefs-of-Staff ordered Crete to be evacuated forthwith. Stevens, DSO, DSC, RN) and HMS Paladin (Cdr. Pugsley, DSO, RN), HMS Javelin (Lt.Cdr. Swain, RN) departed Alexandria for operations. Pridham-Whippell, CB, CVO, RN), HMS Ajax (Capt. Cooke, RN, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral H.B. Sherwood, DSO, RN) and HMS Hyacinth (T/A/Lt.Cdr. The British fleet chased up the smoke but, appreciating that to pass through it would be playing the enemys game, and suspecting that enemy submarines might be in the vicinity, the Commander-in-Chief worked round to the northward and windward of the screen. [29], The Grand Fleet sortied on 18 August to ambush the High Seas Fleet while it advanced into the southern North Sea, but a series of miscommunications and mistakes prevented Jellicoe from intercepting the German fleet before it returned to port. 5) and six slow ships from Malta to Port Said and Alexandria (convoy M.E. Tothill, RN), HMS Juno (Cdr. On departure from Alexandria (at 1100 hours) it was escorted by the destroyer HMS Paladin (Lt.Cdr. The enemy was stationary. C.W. (24), 17 May 1941At Alexandria, Rear-Admiral H.B. ], 21 May 1940HMS Neptune (Capt.

The final evacuation, Sphakia, 31 May 1 June 1941. G.L. The beach was too small for ships boats to be used in addition. During the attacks one enemy aircraft was shot down and two, maybe more, were damaged. All these destroyers embarked troops at Megara. J.M. At 1415 hours, an air search was flown off to search between the Sicilian coast and 070. Again they were received with heavy AA fire. Around 2300O/20, HMAS Nepal parted company to proceed to Ponta Delgada, Azores, to fuel. On the other hand the enemy was prevented from making a seaborne landing, and that so effectively as to deter him from any further attempts to do so, until the fall of Crete had been decided by his airborne troops. Mack decided it was best to continue on to the east and at 0200 hours the destroyers sighted searchlights ahead and, steaming through a number of survivors, arrived on the scene of the battlefleets action and they then sighted the Italian cruiser Zara. Fire was then shifted to this ship and she was repeatedly straddled until HMS Hasty was able to cover her in smoke. Mack with his eight destroyers then drew ahead making 28 knots with the intention of passing up the starboard side of the Vittorio Veneto and then attack from ahead. Force C: The other ships were ordered to proceed to Malta to land troops and stores there. Eaton, RN), HMS Nubian (Cdr. Accordingly HMS Ajax, HMS Havock, HMS Hotspur and HMS Imperial were detached to attack Benghazi during the night of 7/8 May. H.B. At 1815 hours HMS Decoy was detached to join the three cruisers. A small merchant vessel, reported by HMS Calcutta at 0909 hours was dealt with by the destroyers. A.M. De Gouyon Matignon de Pontourade) and Forbin (Lt.Cdr. At 1310 hours, the Vice-Admiral light forces, in HMS Orion (Capt. D.B. WebHMS Repulse during the Second World War 1939-1945. C.A.A. In all two were killed and five slightly wounded. Back, RN, senior officer of the escort) and the destroyers HMS Nubian (Cdr. Biggs, RN), HMS Hereward (Lt.Cdr. A.F. At 0722 hours two Italian cruisers were sighted ahead by HMS Hero. E.T. (10).

M. Thornton, DSC, RN), HMS Javelin (Lt.Cdr. P.J. Also part of the escort of this convoy was the corvette HMS Gloxinia (Lt.Cdr. The escorting warships from convoy AN 2 were then to escort a convoy coming from the Aegean (AS 2) southwards. G.R.B. G.E. He immediately decided to enter the Aegean and steered for the Kithera Channel at 23 knots.

H.M.L. Then at 2243 hours, a red light was sighted by HMS Orion and HMS Gloucester bearing 320 on the port bow. At 1710 hours, HMS Fiji reported that she was in position 24 miles, 305, Cape Elophonesi (the south-west point of Crete), steering 175 at 27 knots, a position 30 miles due east of Forces A 1 and C which were steering 215. They were steering westwards towards Brindisi. At 0110 hours, course was altered to a firing course of 140. At 2251R/24, the boarding officer reported that the ship was the German Emmy Friederich and four minutes later the German ship started to sink having been scuttled by her crew which then started to abandon ship. Detination was Sphakia and their passage was uneventful except for one attack by one Ju.88 which dropped a stick of bombs near HMAS Perth but no damage was caused. H.St.L. Rowley, RN) joined Force B around noon. (Two Speed Destroyer Sweep) but no mines were encountered. At 2014 hours, HMS Orion altered course to 310. With them were HMS Orion, HMAS Sydney, HMS Wryneck, HMS Gallant, HMS Greyhound, HMS Griffin and HMS Hotspur. Some of the merchant vessels (Volo, Rodi and Cornwall) continued on to Port Said escorted by HMAS Vendetta and HMAS Voyager.

GLOUCESTER and SYDNEY (RAN). 20th Returned to Alexandria. 23rd Sailed from Alexandria Force A to cover passage of military Convoy to Suda Bay. HM Cruisers SYDNEY (RAN). AJAX ,YORK, GLOUCESTER and GLASGOW ships to Alexandria from Gibraltar, return of HMS RAMILLIES and HMS BERWICK as well as covering Convoy MW4 to Malta (Operation MB9).

HMS Southampton had cought fire badly upon being hit. The Warspite too, narrowly escaped serious injury, but got away with a split hawsepipe and a damaged anchor. Biggs, DSO, RN), HMS Hereward (Lt.Cdr. I was very fortunate however that I was near a natural spring of clean drinking water and could pick locus beans from trees. Diversion in the eastern Mediterranean during operations by Force H in the western Mediterranean. At 0800 hours, the fleet was in position 3523N, 2238E steering 280. W.F.N. At 0716 hours, HMS York, HMS Gloucester and HMS Liverpool reported they were closing to investigate smoke on the horizon. J.A. At 0445 hours the main battlefleet (Force I) departed Alexandria and was made up of the battleships HMS Warspite (Capt. At Gibraltar there was Force H which had the following ships available for the operation. bombers from Greece made a series of attacks on the enemy. Napier HMS Falmouth Captain J.D. [7] In mid-to-late 1917, Orion was the only battleship in the Royal Navy to receive a director for her secondary armament. The enemy planes were forced to drop their torpedoes from long range by the effective AA fire from the escorts and no hits were obtained. The main range for her shoot was about 14000 yards. Served from 1955 - 1967 Convoy AS 3 was made up of the following merchant vessels Cavallo (British, 2269 GRT , built 1922), Destro (British, 3553 GRT , built 1920), Ann Stathatos (Greek, 5685 GRT , built 1918) and Hydroussa (Greek, 2038 GRT , built 1922). At 2040 hours the stationary Italian ship was reported to the C-in-C. McCarthy, RN), departed Alexandria with troops for Suda Bay. for 28 March 1941.] Waller, RAN). transports City of London (British, 8956 GRT, built 1907), Costa Rica (Dutch, 8055 GRT, built 1910), Dilwara (British, 11080 GRT, built 1936). G.C.P. The cruisers were to proceed through the Kaso Strait around 2200/1. At 0945/19 the Bande Nere, after passing between the island of Pondiko Nisi and the Cretan mainlan, bore 192 at a range of 20000 yards. C.W. E.D.B. Shorty afterwards Group I reduced speed to 17 knots as to not get too far ahead of Group II and the convoy. A final evacuation of about 3000 men was required, which was more then previously was estimated. Operation Judgment, air attack on Taranto. Movements of the battlefleet 1100 1305 hours. One of these was to unload her stores at Malta, the other three had supplies on board for the Greek army.

J.P. Wright, DSO, RN), HMS Janus (Cdr. T.C. HMS Hasty fired on the wireless station, probably the same building as one of targets of the Lorraine. L.M.L. In the meanwhile reports from shadowing aircraft show that the enemy force consisted of two battleships of the Cavour-class, twelve cruisers and twenty destroyers, and that they appeared to be keeping close to the coast of Calabria.

G.C.P. At 1024/19, leaving HMS Havock to continue picking up survivors of the Colleoni, HMS Hyperion and HMS Ilex had proceeded at high speed to join HMAS Sydney. Also HMS York and HMS Mohawk were detached to positions 350, 20 nautical miles and 340, 40 nautical miles from the fleet respectively to aid in the return of the shadowing aircraft. Another aircraft dropped a stick of six bombs near the destroyer screen. attack on Scarpanto airfield, 26 May 1941. Hine, RN), HMS Juno (Cdr. (34). This convoy was made up of the following transports; Rey), Bretagne (Capt. HMS Ilex had 230 prisoners on board of which about 30 were seriously wounded and 3 subsequently died the same night. (65), 13 Jun 1943Around 0100/13, HMS Orion (Capt. H.A. H.E.F. Escort was provided by the destroyers HMS Faulknor (Capt.

The bearing changed to 154 and the range opened to 40 miles until the echo faded at 2230 hours. P.W. J.F. Meanwhile HMAS Sydney and HMS Havock had sailed from Alexandria at 0430/18. Proceedings of the Battle Fleet, 2330 0800 hours. for 19 March 1941. RD/F later detacted an enemy formation to the southward but the fleet was not sighted. Bush, DSC and Bar, RN) and HMS Hursley (Lt.Cdr.

(55). At 1520 hours, the fleet was reported by enemy aircraft. James, RN) as close escort (Force F). W.E. Pridham-Whippell, CB, CVO, RN), HMS Ajax (Capt. Convoy ME 4 arrived at Alexandria this day as did her escort Force C. Slamat was then bombed and wrecked south of the Argolic Gulf in position 3701'N, 2310'E shortly after 0700 hours. W.F.N. (63).

Pridham-Whippell, CB, CVO, RN), HMS Ajax (Capt. On 27 June 1940, five destroyers, (Force C), HMS Decoy (Cdr. HMAS Sydney fired at one target throughout, the camp in the centre of her area, starting a fire in one corner and probably causing losses amongst troops that were seen to leave the camp during the shoot. Commander Nicolson immediately altered course, first to 020 and at 0832 hours to 240. The general alarm was made and the cruisers formed single line ahead. Collins, CB, RAN) and the destroyers HMS Jervis (Capt. J.T.B. The following ships all lost men during the battle.

The destroyers and the ocean boarding vessels departed at 0700/27 and then made rendez-vous with HMS Orion which came from Haifa. J.W.M. One large and two small destroyers were sighted inside Oran harbour and probably six or seven submarines. She sank at 0334B/12. L.R.K. Collins, CB, RAN) and the destroyers HMS Jervis (Capt. C.S. Egerton, RN) and the destroyers HMS Jervis (Capt. J.T.B. The list increased and at 2015 hours she rolled right over and sank in position 3445N, 2312E. G.L. This part of the operation was called Operation Squawk. The enemy dropped their bombs from a greater height and non of them hit although splinters from a near miss killed a rating on board HMS Valiant and a bombs fell very near HMS Janus but it did not explode.

Back, RN) and the destroyers HMS Decoy (Cdr. Watkins, RN) maintained a patrol off Heraklion without incident. At 0930 hours, HMS Ajax and HMAS Perth were detached for patrol duty in the Aegean to cover convoys. The fast minesweeper HMS Abdiel (Capt. It was made up of the transport Devis (6054 GRT, built 1938) and the tanker Hoegh Hood (9351 GRT, built 1936, Norwegian). Townsend, RN), HMS Urchin (Lt.Cdr. St.J.R.J. Initially thinking they might be destroyers from the Mediterranean Fleet, which the convoy was due to meet. More than 50 British and Australian warships were caught up in the maelstrom of Crete. At 0333 hours she reported that she had lost touch with them. O'Conor, RN), HMS Gloucester (Capt. G.R.B. Harvey, RN), destroyers HMS Pakenham (Capt. J.J.A. Munn, RN), HMS Hero (Cdr. Mack, DSO, RN), HMS Janus (Cdr. At 1450 hours, HMAS Vampire was detached to Malta. Force D arrived at 2320/31. At 0445 hours this was successfully done by HMS Hotspur which had now 900 troops on board. Even the two Fulmars that were out of ammo made dummy attacks and forced two Germans to turn away. Nicolson, DSO, RN), HMS Hasty (Lt.Cdr. At 1700 hours a reconnaissance was flown of from position 3654N, 0111E to a depth of 180 nautical miles between north and east and to a depth of 90 nautical miles between north and 290. Two hits were claimed on a cruiser with 250 lb. The destroyers were to conduct an offensive sweep along the Cyrenaican coast during the night of 12/13 April 1941. Back, the Flag captain of HMS Orion was wounded and died two hours later. R.W. Only a few French merchant vessels were sighted. W.J.P. Two Motor Torpedo Boats which came out were engaged by Ilex and were reported sunk. Speed was increased to 19 knots at 1110/10 since there appeared vibration in HMS Malaya when proceeding at 18 knots. HMS Liverpool, HMS Orion, HMAS Sydney and HMS York were ordered to proceed to cover convoy MF 4 which was then in position 3515N, 1622E, 55 nautical miles to the southward of the enemy cruisers. At dawn the next morning HMS Bonaventure parted company with the convoy to make rendez-vous with Force H which departed Gibraltar around that time. Back, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral J.C. Tovey, CB, DSO, RN), HMS Delhi (Capt. Walsh, RAN), HMAS Voyager (Cdr. Stevens, RN, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral A.J. Around 0800A/31, Force H, consisting of the battlecruiser HMS Hood (Capt. All forces were clear of the harbour by midnight during the night of 7/8 July 1940. At 1525 hours, two sections of Fulmars attacked and shot down in flames an S.79 shadower. Read, RN) and HMAS Sydney (Capt. A.R.M. For this operation the fleet made up of the battleships HMS Warspite (Capt. Rey), the British light cruisers HMS Orion (Capt. On 710 March, the Grand Fleet conducted a sweep in the northern North Sea, during which it conducted training manoeuvres. H.St.L. Devis (6054 GRT, built 1938), Rodi (3220 GRT, built 1928, former Italian), Volo (1587 GRT, built 1938), Waiwera ( 12435 GRT, built 1934) and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Plumleaf (5916 GRT, built 1917). The 7th Cruiser Squadron had already been detached at 2000/10 to search to the eastward in the wake of convoy MF 1. In the meantime Forces C and A 1 were some 75 miles to the southward of Crete steering 110. E.N. G.C. These pages contain photographs and fact sheets.