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HMS Scarborough (L 25 / U 25)

Sloop of the Folkestone class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassFolkestone 
PennantL 25 / U 25 
Built bySwan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 May, 1929 
Launched14 Mar, 1930 
Commissioned30 Jul, 1930 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold 3 June 1949.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Edward F.B. Law, RN
6 March 1939 – September 1939

Lt.Cdr. Michael Beach Thomas, RN
September 1939 – 16 February 1940

Cdr. Charles Thorburn Addis, RN
16 February 1940 – 6 July 1940

Cdr. Norman Vincent Dickinson, RN
6 July 1940 - February 1941
DSC awarded on 1 January 1941

Lt. Adrian Paul Northey, DSC, RN
February 1941 – 28 December 1941
Bar to DSC awarded on 4 July 1941

Lt.Cdr. Edwin Beadnell Carnduff, RN
28 December 1941 – 10 October 1944

Lt. D. Williams, DSC, RN
10 October 1944 – 28 October 1944

A/Cdr. John Neil Kelly Knight, DSC, RN
28 October 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Scarborough include:

19 Jun, 1940
HMS Scarborough (Cdr C.T. Addis, RN) picks up 30 survivors from the British merchant Baron Loudoun that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-48 west-northwest of Cape Ortegal in position 45º00'N, 11º21'W.

20 Jun, 1940
HMS Scarborough (Cdr C.T. Addis, RN) picks up 16 survivors from the British merchant Otterpool that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-30 about 130 nautical miles west of Ushant in position 48º45'N, 08º13'W.

5 Apr, 1941
The German submarine U-76 was sunk south of Iceland, in position 58º35'N, 20º20'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Wolverine (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Rowland, RN) and the British sloop HMS Scarborough (Lt.Cdr. A.P. Northney, RN). (see map)

8 Feb, 1943
HMS Scarborough (Lt.Cdr. E.B. Carnduff, RN) picks up 55 survivors from the British merchant Empire Mordred that is sunk west of Gibraltar in position 35º58'N, 05º59'W on a mine laid on 1 / 2 February 1943 by the German submarine U-118.

13 Mar, 1943
HMS Scarborough (Lt.Cdr. E.B. Carnduff, RN) picks up 69 survivors from the British merchant Clan Alpine that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-107 190 nautical miles west of Cape Finisterre in position 42º45'N, 13º31'W. The Clan Alpine was finally sunk by depth charges from HMS Scarborough.


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