Allied Warships

Events on this day

20 November

This page is our compilation of data from several different databases. All data shown here is dynamic and as accuare as our data is right now. Information is still being added daily to this section (already over 75% of the launched and commissioned data is in place) so this should be fairly complete.

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The Shipyard Report


Laid down (26)

1915: Light cruiser Adelaide (D 47)

1917: Submarine H 33 (N 33) - Submarine H 34 (N 34) - Destroyer Lewes (G 68) - Destroyer Conway (i) (DD 70)

1918: Minesweeper Vireo (AM 52)

1926: River gunboat Luzon (PR-7) - River gunboat Mindanao (PR-8)

1934: Submarine ShCh-421

1937: Submarine O 21 (P 21) - Submarine O 22 (P 22)

1939: Escort destroyer Liddesdale (L 100) - Battleship Indiana (BB 58)

1940: Corvette Kamsack (K 171) - Escort destroyer Airedale (L 07) - Escort destroyer Albrighton (L 12) - Submarine Platino

1941: Light cruiser Ontario - Light cruiser Minotaur (53) - MS Trawler Sir Geraint (T 240)

1942: Destroyer Wager (R 98) - Patrol craft PC-1261 (PC-1261) - Motor torpedo boat PT 254 - Destroyer Twining (DD 540) - Minesweeper YMS-329 (YMS-329)

1943: Minesweeper Ossory (J 463)

Launched (41)

1918: Rescue Tug St. Day (W 55) - Destroyer Dahlgren (DD 187) - Destroyer Goldsborough (AVD 5) - Destroyer Jacob Jones (i) (DD 130)

1919: Battleship California (BB 44)

1929: MS Trawler Curtana (FY 674)

1930: MS Trawler Sycamore (T 37)

1935: Submarine M-55 - Submarine M-56

1937: ASW Trawler Haarlem (FY 306) - Submarine Enrico Dandolo - Destroyer McCall (DD 400)

1938: Submarine Atropo

1940: Corvette Baddeck (K 147) - Corvette Buctouche (K 179)

1941: Minesweeper Orissa (J 200) - ASW Trawler Bredon (T 223) - Minesweeper Clydebank (J 200) - Corvette Poppy (K 213) - Frigate Rother (K 224) - Aircraft Carrier Unicorn (D 72)

1942: MS Trawler Gruinard (T 239) - Destroyer Saumarez (G 12) - Destroyer Escort Burden R. Hastings (DE 19) - Motor torpedo boat PT 94 - Submarine chaser SC-716 (SC-716)

1943: Frigate Trollope (K 575) - Frigate Tyler (K 576) - Oiler Aucilla (AO 56) - Tank landing ship LST 55 (LST 55) - Escort carrier Nehenta Bay (CVE 74) - Patrol craft PCS-1420 (PCS-1420) - Minesweeper Project (AM 278) - Motor torpedo boat PT 497 - Motor torpedo boat PT 498 - Destroyer Escort Roy O. Hale (DE 336) - Salvage vessel Safeguard (ARS 25) - Minesweeper YMS-481 (YMS-481)

1944: Tank landing ship LST 841 (LST 841) - Tank landing ship LST 854 (LST 854) - Destroyer Rogers (DD 876)

Commissioned (45)

1923: Submarine S-40 (145)

1932: Submarine Zbik

1934: Patrol vessel Triton (WPC 116)

1936: Torpedo boat La Melpoméne

1939: Tug Fabia - Armed Merchant Cruiser Kanimbla (F 23) - Destroyer Stack (DD 406) - Submarine M-95

1940: MS Whaler Hektor 7 - Corvette Marguerite (K 54)

1941: Corvette Bellwort (K 114) - Minesweeper Rye (J 76) - Motor torpedo boat PT 1 - Motor torpedo boat PT 2

1942: Submarine rescue vessel Chanticleer (ASR 7) - Destroyer Converse (DD 509) - Tank landing ship LST 303 (LST 303) - Tank landing ship LST 333 (LST 333) - Tank landing ship LST 388 (LST 388) - Motor torpedo boat PT 155 - Motor torpedo boat PT 157 - Submarine chaser SC-714 (SC-714) - Minesweeper YMS-237 (YMS-237)

1943: ASW Trawler Fernandes Vieira (F 1) - ASW Trawler Matias de Albuquerque (F 4) - Frigate Curzon (K 513) - Patrol vessel Kilmartin (Z 12) - Escort Carrier Speaker (D 90) - Salvage vessel Escape (ARS 6) - Tank landing ship LST 49 (LST 49) - Submarine Parche (384) - Patrol craft PC-1176 (PC-1176) - Minesweeper YMS-406 (YMS-406)

1944: Corvette Strathroy (K 455) - Tank landing ship LST 311 (LST 311) - Tank landing ship LST 315 (LST 315) - Tank landing ship LST 331 (LST 331) - Tank landing ship LST 346 (LST 346) - Tank landing ship LST 380 (LST 380) - Tank landing ship LST 383 (LST 383) - Tank landing ship LST 774 (LST 774) - Tank landing ship LST 835 (LST 835) - Tank landing ship LST 957 (LST 957) - Patrol craft PGM-10 (PGM-10) - High speed transport Scribner (APD 122)

Legend:

Laid down means that the ship's construction was officially started by laying down the keel (often just a single steel beam but could also mean the first of many pre-fabricated sections).

Launched means that the ship was launched from its shipyard, it then began its fitting out period (installation of smaller systems, weapons etc.) - in many yards the ships were launched very complete and needed little work afterwards.

Commissioned is when the navy takes the ship officially over and gives command of it to its new captain.

War Losses on 20 November (2)


1939: ASW Trawler Mastiff (T 10)

1944: Oiler Mississinewa (AO 59)

More information on Allied Warships losses.


General Events on 20 November


1939

Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Chitral: The German merchant Bertha Fisser (4110 GRT) is intercepted of the south-east coast of Iceland in position 64º10N, 15º14W by the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Chitral (Capt. G. Hamilton, (retired), RN). However before the German ship can be captured she is scuttled by her own crew.

Submarine HMS Sturgeon: HMS Sturgeon (Lt. G.D.A. Gregory, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German armed trawler V-209 / Gauleiter Telschow (428 GRT) about 100 nautical miles west of Helgoland in position 54º32'N, 05º10'E.

Destroyer HMS Inglefield: The German submarine U-18 attacks the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Inglefield (Capt. P. Todd, RN) off Rattray Head with a spread of torpedoes but they miss their intended target.

1941

Escort destroyer HMS Garth: Escorting convoy FS.50 off the east Coast and scouting 5 nautical miles ahead for S-boote. Due to unserviceable radar, she ran headlong into another anti-S-boote patrol and was taken under fire by destroyer Campbell, sustaining 2 dead and damage to the steam lines, which compelled her returning to port in tow.

1942

Light cruiser HMS Delhi: HMS Delhi was bombed off Algiers. Her stern was blown off. She was under repair in Britain until April 1943.

Submarine HNMS K XIV: While enroute to the USA to be refitted at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, HrMs K XIV (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Geijs) attacks the German submarine U-552 south of the Cape Verde Islands in position 13º05'N, 25º50'W. At a distance of around 900 meters K XIV launched four torpedo’s. The old torpedo’s from the Netherlands East Indies ran close to the surface and were detected by the Germans an missed their target as the U-boat turned away.

Submarine USS Finback: USS Finback (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Hull) ends her 2nd war patrol at Pearl Harbour.

Sloop HMS Fowey: HMS Fowey (Cdr. L.B.A. Majendie, RN (retired)) picks up 67 survivors from the British merchant Grangepark that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-263 west of Gibraltar in position 35º55'N, 10º14'W.

Destroyer HMS Leamington: HMS Leamington picks up 17 survivors from the Panamanian merchant Buchanan that was torpedoed and sunk on 12 November 1942 in the North Atlantic in position 52º06'N, 25º54'W by the German submarine U-224.

1943

Frigate HMS Nene: The German submarine U-536 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 43º50'N, 19º39'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Nene (Cdr. J.D. Birch, RNR) and the Canadian corvettes HMCS Snowberry (T/Lt. J.A. Dunn, RCNVR) and HMCS Calgary (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.K. Hill, RCNVR).

Corvette HMCS Snowberry: The German submarine U-536 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 43º50'N, 19º39'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Nene (Cdr. J.D. Birch, RD, RNR) and the Canadian corvettes HMCS Snowberry (T/Lt. J.A. Dunn, RCNVR) and HMCS Calgary (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.K. Hill, RCNVR).

Corvette HMCS Calgary: The German submarine U-536 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 43º50'N, 19º39'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Nene (Cdr. J.D. Birch, RD, RNR) and the Canadian corvettes HMCS Snowberry (T/Lt. J.A. Dunn, RCNVR) and HMCS Calgary (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.K. Hill, RCNVR).

Submarine USS Harder: USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Nikko Maru (5949 GRT) north-east of the Marianas, in position 23º20'N, 147º30'E.

Submarine USS Mingo: USS Mingo (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Lynch, Jr.) ends her 2nd war patrol at Pearl Harbour. She was now sent to the Mare Island Navy Yard for to solve the problems with her engines and general overhaul.

Submarine USS Raton: After moving to Tulagi, Solomon Islands, USS Raton (Lt.Cdr. J.W. Davis) departs from that base for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Bismarck Archipelago / New Guinea area.

Submarine HMS Sibyl: HMS Sibyl (Lt. E.J.D. Turner, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks two Greek sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Saloniki, Greece.

Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise: USS Enterprise supported US landing at Tarawa.

1944

Submarine USS Cod: USS Cod (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Adkins) ends her 5th war patrol at Pearl Harbour. She is sent to the Mare Islands Navy Yard for an overhaul.

Submarine USS Apogon: USS Apogon (Lt.Cdr. A.C. House Jr.) departs Midway for her 6th war patrol. Once agian she is ordered to patrol off the Kuril Islands.

Submarine USS Redfish: USS Redfish (Cdr. L.D. McGregor) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the north-east coast of Formosa in position 25º15'N, 122º23'E.

Submarine HMS Spark: HMS Spark (Lt. D.G. Kent, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the Mergui Archipelago, Burma.

Submarine HMS Tally-Ho: HMS Tally-Ho (Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO and Bar, DSC and Bar, RN) sinks the Japanese auxiliary minelayer Ma 4 (215 tons) about 30 nautical miles east of the southern tip of Great Nicobar Island in position 06º55'N, 94º15'E.

Submarine USSR L-3: The German torpedo boat T 34 (1294 tons) is sunk when she hits a mine north-east of Cape Arkona in position 54º40'N, 13º29'E. The mine was laid by the Soviet submarine L-3 on 11 October 1944.


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