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Notable events involving Valorous include:

14 Oct 1939
ORP Orzel (Kpt.mar. (Lt.Cdr.) J. Grudzinski) arrived off the coast of the U.K. near the Firth of Forth. Contact was made and the escort destroyer HMS Valorous (Lt. E. Mack, RN) was sent out to escort her in. They met around 1115A/14.

They arrived at Rosyth around 1500A/14.

On arrival at Rosyth it was noted that ORP Orzel looked smart and clean and had only sustained some minor damage to her keel and the bow outer torpedo caps due the grounding twice.

31 Jan 1940
HMS Valorous (Lt.Cdr. E. Mack, RN) is docked in the floating dock (AFD 3) at the Rosyth Dockyard. (1)

8 Feb 1940
HMS Valorous (Lt.Cdr. E. Mack, RN) is undocked. (1)

18 Feb 1940
Around 1130Z/18, HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. C.H. Hutchinson, RN) departed from Rosyth for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the south coast of Norway.

Around 1240Z/18, she had to evade destroyers hunting a supposed enemy submarine in the Firth of Forth. At 1038Z/18, an indicator loop detected a crossing and the destroyers HMS Griffin (Lt.Cdr. J. Lee-Barber, RN), HMS Intrepid (Cdr. R.C. Gordon, RN) and HMS Ivanhoe (Cdr. P.H. Hadow, RN) had been sent to hunt for the suspected enemy submarine. They were later reinforced by HMS Valorous (Lt.Cdr. E. Mack, RN). No enemy submarine was in the area though. (2)

11 Mar 1940
Convoy FS 119 (ca. 23 ships) departed the Tyne escorted by the AA destroyer HMS Valorous (Lt.Cdr. E. Mack, RN) and the sloops HMS Hastings (Lt.Cdr. A.B. Alison, RN) and HMS Lowestoft (Cdr. A.M. Knapp, RN). The destroyers HMS Jervis (Capt. P.J. Mack, RN) and HMS Jaguar (Lt.Cdr. J.F.W. Hine, RN) covered the convoy for part of the way south. These two destroyers arrived in the Humber on 12 March. The convoy arrived at Southend on 13 March. (3)

28 Apr 1940
Around 1400A/28, the light cruisers HMS Galatea (Capt. B.B. Schofield, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral G.F.B. Edward-Collins, CB, KCVO, RN), HMS Arethusa (Capt. Q.D. Graham, RN) departed Rosyth for Scapa Flow where they arrived around 0115A/29. At sea they were joined by the escort destroyers HMS Valorous (Lt.Cdr. E. Mack, RN) and HMS Wallace (Cdr. B.I. Robertshaw, RN). (4)

16 Oct 1940
HMS Valorous (Lt.Cdr. E. Mack, RN) is docked in No.3 graving dock at the Rosyth Dockyard.

HMS Zulu (Cdr. J.S. Crawford, DSO, RN) is already in this dock since 12 October. (1)

11 Nov 1940
HMS Zulu (Cdr. J.S. Crawford, DSO, RN) and HMS Valorous (Lt.Cdr. E. Mack, RN) are undocked. (1)

25 Oct 1941
Around 0230A/25, HMS London (Capt. R.M. Servaes, CBE, RN) departed Scapa Flow for North Shields, Tyne. HMS London was to refit at the Palmers Shipyard at Hebburn-on-Tyne.

Around 1030A/25, the destroyer HMS Valorous (Lt.Cdr. E. Mack, RN) and the training vessel HMS Lairds Isle (Cdr. J. Lunnon, RD, RNR) joined company.

Around 1540A/25, HMS Lairds Isle parted company.

Around 1600A/25, HMS London entered the Tyne. (5)

8 Feb 1944
HMS Valorous (Lt. M.G. Macleod, RN) is docked in the floating dock (AFD 3) at the Rosyth Dockyard. (1)

11 Feb 1944
HMS Valorous (Lt. M.G. Macleod, RN) is undocked. (1)

15 Apr 1944
HMS Ursula (Lt. A.G. Davies, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Methill with HMS Westminster (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Bowerman, DSC, RN), HMS Valorous (Lt. M.G. Macleod, RN), HMS Preston North End (T/Lt. D.K. Bennett, DSC, RNVR), HMS Spurs (A/Skr.Lt. E.J. Day, RNR) and HMS Arab (T/Lt. J.S.H. Lloyd, RNVR). (6)

19 May 1944
HMS Valorous (Lt. M.G. Macleod, RN) is docked in the floating dock (AFD 3) at the Rosyth Dockyard. (1)

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