Tyrwhitt, RN) and HMS Hostile (Cdr. He had in fact been using it for some time. 7" approx available. C.S. General Irwin and his staff, with Admiral Cunningham’s Chief Staff Officer, Capt. B.W. Most immediate. Easedale - HMS Renown By an unfortunate mischance the first order – to engage the cruiser – never reached the Devonshire and she interpreted Vice-Admiral Cunningham’s second signal ‘cruisers negative engage’, which referred only to the hostile cruiser, as an order to take no further part in the bombardment. Ten minutes before, at 1900 hours, the Vichy French Governor General, M. Pierre Boisson, had in a broadcast stated emphatically that Dakar would not submit. XMP1255, Original On 6 December 1939 the Admiral Graf Spee refuelled once more from the Altmark.

Weather was unsuitable for air reconnaissance and Admiral Tovey felt that nothing was to be gained by continuing to the north-eastward. 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. C.H.L. A surface raider reported, 1 October 1939. An hour later they passed the merchant vessels which were now on widely divergent courses. In company with HMS Cornwall and two sloops they she was summoned from the South Atlantic to proceed to Freetown and on the 16th September whilst patrolling south of Dakar she intercepted and sunk the French merchantman, Poitiers (4,185 tons), which was sailing for the Ivory Coast loaded with ammunition. HMS Exeter Off Daker their escort duty was taken over by the French light cruiser Duguay-Trouin (Capt. West Gotomska (5728 GRT, built 1919), HMS Daniella was escorting the submarines, HMS P 614 and HMS P 615. At daylight on 29 September 1939 HMS Ajax was off Rio de Janeiro ready to escort ships sailing northward. There was however no immediate confirmation of her report and the Commander-in-Chief ordered ‘Force H’ to sail after dark on the 27th to sail for the latitude of St. Helena. Morse, DSO, RN) was also ordered to proceed to the area off Ascension with the destroyers HMS Hyperion and HMS Hunter which departed Freetown on the 25th.

Vice-Admiral Cunningham and General Irwin considered landing British forces at Rufisque, but decided against it. On 7 December ‘Force X’ left Dakar for the rendez-vous. Early on 5 December the British Naval Attaché at Buenos Aires reported that the German merchant Ussukuma had left Bahia Blanca at 1900 hours the previous evening. The escort was reinforced by HMS Pozarica, HMS Bramble, HMS Hazard, HMS Leda, HMS Dianella and two Russian destroyers on the 22th. Archive. Empire Stevenson (6209 GRT, built 1941), The Commodore immediately ordered HMS Cumberland which was on the way south to the Falkland Islands to search for her. The westerly course had led the convoy straight into the minefield. (10), 26 Oct 1944HMS Spirit (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted exercises off Trincomalee with HMS Lewes (T/Lt. Hill), which had relieved RFA Olwen. ‘Force H’ was ordered to return to the Cape and ‘Force G’ was ordered to return to the east coast of South America.

7" approx available. reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x On 3 October 1939 the Commodore signalled the C-in-C that he intened to concentrate the Exeter and Ajax off Rio and have the Hotspur to cover the Rio – Santos area and keep the Havock off the Plate but upon receiving the orders from the C-in-C to concentrate he ordered to destroyers to join the cruisers after fuelling but not later then 0800 hours on 4 October. Shooting became extreme difficult, for range taking was nearly impossible. Though he would prefer not to use his troops he was prepared, if really needed, to support a British landing regardless of consequences. De Wolf, RCN), HMCS Fraser (Cdr. The original operation was now swallowed up in the task of intercepting the French ships. Nine torpedo aircraft approached the convoy at about 1800 hours in position 73°30’N, 04°00’E. At the same time HMS Fortune was detached to obtain a shore fix, but she came under accurate fire from the forts and her fix proved unreliable. Rear-Admiral Hamilton’s cruisers and eight destroyers were detached to Seidisfjord at 1230 hours and the battlefleet turned to the southward again shortly afterwards. He had just sighted the MS convoy (the five transports), escorted by Savorgnan de Brazza, some 300 nautical miles north-west of Dakar.

XMP1250, Original HMS Cumberland made rendezvous with HMS Exeter at 0500/9. The convoy scattered as laid down in the instructions, in perfect order, though it must have been apparent to the ships that had to turn to the south-west that they were heading towards where the most trouble might be expected. At 1000/14, HMS Devonshire and HMAS Australia were 200 nautical miles south of Dakar in position 11°23’N, 17°42’W, with HMS Cumberland and HMS Ark Royal respectively 45 and 100 miles astern of them. the Viscount Jocelyn, RN) and the Australian destroyer HMAS Quickmatch (Lt.Cdr.

At 1500 hours they were 85 miles from the position of the enemy. COPYRIGHT  LAW, AND ARE OWNED BY CRANSTON FINE ARTS OR THEIR At 1530/13 aircraft reported that the light cruisers were no longer at Casablanca. Rear-Admiral Hamilton’s cruisers were then known to be moving to the westward and Admiral Tovey’s covering force was some 450 miles away from the convoy. She then set course to the River Plate area where the British merchant traffic was the thickest. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! They fired a total of 294 - 15", 134 - 8", 324 - 6", ca. At noon on 31 October this Force was in 15°S, 02°51’E, the north-eastern limit of it’s patrol, when a Walrus aircraft failed to return to HMS Sussex from a reconnaissance flight. 7" approx available. Commodore Gale with 16 merchant ships turned south for Loch Ewe while the remaining 9 merchant ships continued round the north coast of Iceland for Reykjavik. Arndale - HMS Valiant and HMS Ceylon R.A. Fell, RN), HMS Racehorse (Cdr. Greening, RN) to search westwards towards St. Paul Rocks, the direction of their sweep being determined by the complete lack of any further raider information. In November 1959, Cumberland left Malta for her birthplace at Barrow-in-Furness at the end of a distinguished career. L.H.M.

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HMS Virago was near missed and suffered four ratings killed, five ratings severely wounded and thirteen other casualties. As of 0700/6 Empress started to launch fourteen Hellcats while Shah launched eight Avengers and four Hellcats. In the afternoon of 2 July, U-255 made a torpedo attack on one of the escorts, HMS Fury, two torpedoes were fire but both missed.

P.K. When HMS Exeter finished fueling she immediately put to sea. P.W.B. E.B. Alcoa Ranger (5116 GRT, built 1919), As soon as the British ships opened fire a French destroyer of the Le Fantasque class steamed south laying a smoke screen to the eastward of the anchorage and Gorée Island. Besides that Task Force 62 was sent out from Trincomalee. 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. I've scoured the Internet and found a lot of At 1005 hours, however, the shore batteries opened fire on HMS Foresight and the Vice-Admiral ordered her to withdraw following this with a signal to HMS Ark Royal to stand by with six aircraft to bomb Gorée Island. Cumberland served on the China Station with the 5th Cruiser Squadron from 1928 until 1938, returning to the UK in March 1935 for a refit. He considered it was important to keep radio silence and decided against breaking it. He did not put to sea because he too, believed the Government’s policy was to avoid interference with French warships as stated in the signal of 12 July. Le Cumberland, l’Ajax et l’Achilles patrouillent dans l'estuaire, l’Exeter est lourdement endommagé. By 0800/11 the force was in position 20°18’N, 19°54’W about 1000 nautical miles south of Casablanca. The sudden order to scatter came to Commodore Dowding as an unpleasant surprise. Vice-Admiral Cunningham was only informed about this after two hours. From 1947 until 1949 Cumberland was placed in reserve. He therefore arranged that ‘Force X’ should take HMS Neptune and her destroyers under her orders and patrol the parallel of 3°N between 31° and 38°W from 10 to 13 December. Il est transféré en Extrême-Orient dans la 4e escadre de croiseur de l’Eastern Fleet. At 1141 hours the Ark Royal reported the results of the bombardment; several near misses with bombs on the Richelieu; one near miss with a bomb on a destroyers; one 15” hit on the Cape Manual battery, which had ceased fire; one 15” hit and repeated straddles on the Richelieu; straddles across the cruisers in Hahn Bay, one of which was set on fire aft. D.H. Magnay, RN), HMS Shah (Capt. Aubert on 7 October), He feared the enemy surface forces would be ordered to deal with his force and reinforced by Commander Broome’s destroyers he felt that he could fight a delaying action, and had a good chance of leading the enemy within reach of the aircraft of HMS Victorious and possibly the heavy ships of the force of the Commander-in-Chief. Meanwhile Vice-Admiral Cunningham’s Force with fighter and anti-submarine patrols would lie off the harbour as follows. She was badly hit and soon abandoned by her crew, finally sinking at 1137 hours in position 065°, Cape Manuel lighthouse, 2740 yards. Hitler’s permission to lauch the operation had only been obtained in the forenoon of the 5th and the executive order was given at 1137 hours. Also with the convoy was a British rescue ship Later that day 13 fighters from the carriers intercepted a Japanese counter attack with 10 aircraft. In September, she carried out raids on Northern Sumatra. Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cumberland, after the traditional English county of Cumberland, England: . The Commodore intended to meet HMS Cumberland at 1700/8, but at 1600/7 he received a message from the Consular Shipping Adviser at Rio de Janeiro in which he desired an escort for a 13 knot convoy that was to sail at 0430/8 and that had received much local publicity. large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. (2123B/4) Price £5 Click here By 1100 hours the whole force was under fire from the guns at Cape Manuel. HMS Barham then spent three hours searching for her in the mist. One aircraft was shot down, most likely by the destroyer USS Rowan which was en-route from the cruiser force to the convoy to fuel from the Aldersdale. Displacement:  Symonds-Tayler, DSC, RN), HMS Cumberland (Capt. Creery, RCN) and HMCS Skeena (Lt.Cdr.

On that day, 13 December 1939, was fought the action between the British South America Division and the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, known as the Battle of the River Plate. Pan Atlantic (5411 GRT, built 1919),

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