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ark royal escorts on 14.9.1939
Posted by: darius ()
Date: November 26, 2004 11:11PM

Hello,

on 11.09.1939 the brit. carrier Ark Royal left Scapa for an anti-submarine-sweep. Which destroyers left as escorts with her? I have different informations, four to six are given in the different sources. For sure there were Faulknor, Foxhound & Firedrake and a fourth "F"-class destroyer of the 8th flotilla. In the action that took place on the 14th, U-39 was sunk by the first mentioned destroyers, in the meantime U-30 sunk the Fanad Head & in "Merchant Ship losses to axis submarines" there´s the information, that survivors were rescude by "Tartar". Was this destroyer an escort of the Ark Royal? Blair says there were 3 destroyers sent to the Fanad Head.

Thank you

Regards

Darius

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ark royal escorts on 14.9.1939 darius 11/26/2004 11:11PM
Re: ark royal escorts on 14.9.1939 Brian 11/28/2004 04:29AM
Re: ark royal escorts on 14.9.1939 darius 11/28/2004 03:58PM
Re: ark royal escorts on 14.9.1939 Brian 11/29/2004 02:33PM
Re: ark royal escorts on 14.9.1939 Mark E. Horan 07/05/2005 01:15AM


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