Medway Queen’s inaugural civilian voyage was for invited guests from Strood and Chatham to Southend and then on to Herne Bay. HMS Medway A rare photograph of 'Gun Action' on board HMS Medway. Later support was transferred to Malta remaining, designated as HMS MEDWAY with accommodation provided in HM Minesweeper, back to HMS Medway is a River-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV). completion of post refit trials took passage to Hong Kong. further editing With a total length of 90.5 meters and a flight deck which can operate the Merlin helicopter, Batch 2 River-class vessels are armed with a 30mm automatic cannon, two Miniguns, four machine guns and capable of 24+ knots. Support of Mediterranean submarines in continuation at Alexandria. 30 personnel were lost. (Note: Accommodation was provided in HM Coastal Minelayer MEDUSA for personnel employed in facilities ashore. Wondered if any other servivor is still around. The Royal Navy's newest warship has been added to the fleet at a ceremony on the river she was named after. a r y o f W from Hong Kong for passage to Mediterranean with calls at Singapore, Trincomalee Later in 1942 HMS MEDWAY II was commissioned at Beirut for submarine support. Overall the Royal Navy controlled itself and the Royal Indian Navy. HMS Woolwich was a destroyer depot ship, a floating maintenance and repair ship. Take the hull box speeds of one of the WWII 32 knot cruisers like HMS Leander, and cut the numbers in half. Naval History Homepage HISTORIES of Armstrong at Barrow and laid down in April 1927. Hit by U-boatSunk on 30 Jun 1942 by U-372 (Neumann). HMS Medway Queen remained an active minesweeper until late 1943 when she … Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page. //-->, if any ads offend, please contact Naval-History.Net, Submarine Flotilla at Hong Kong at Alexandria in continuation. HMS Dartmouth (Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon) 2.1. Beirut. GRENADE - HMS Medway during the Second World War 1939-1945. Contents List HMS Medway was commissioned into the Royal Navy during a ceremony at Chatham Dockyard on September 19, 2019. Service. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2 The vessel is the second of the five Batch 2 River class OPV on order for the Royal Navy and built by BAE Systems. on 4th August in, 47 until being transferred to the Mediterranean, Alexandria for support The 90m-long vessel HMS Medway is named after the River Medway in Kent and was built by BAE Systems. e, (for more ship information, stores and 1,135 personnel for transfer to new base at. The first steel was cut on HMS Medway in … In the morning of 30 June 1942 HMS Medway (Capt. 2nd Sailed Jon Excell investigates. Includes Bristolas static training ship 4. Complement: 1135 men. ship was launched on 19th July 1928 as the 10th RN ship to carry For for Medway 14,650 / 2000 => a DF of 7. In August 1916, Medway joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla. The navy had many groups from the largest Fleets to the smallest divisions. google_ad_client = "pub-7466149702193824"; March On 2) Medway's designed speed is 15.5 knots. See HITLER'S U-WAR by C Blair for details. Alexandria for support The HMS Medway has been handed over from BAE Systems, whose workforce joined the ship’s company on the flight deck to celebrate the milestone, say the Royal Navy. Several of the Special Commandos who were deployed on operations undertaken by Unbeaten were embarked on board the Medway, moored at … by Lt Cdr in 1942 HMS MEDWAY II was commissioned at Beirut for submarine support. 30th Sunk by 3rd Arrived at Took May Nominated HMS Collingwood(Fareham, Hampshire) 2. of submarine operations in eastern Smith, Naval-History.Net; Submarine Depot Ship built by Vickers Deployment at Alexandria for support of 1st Submarine Flotilla in continuation. Dave recentley crossed the bar aged 97yrs of age. HMS Medway was welcomed into the Senior Service in Kent today, the second River-class offshore patrol vessel in the fleet. Construction of HMS Medway began in June 2015 when the first steel was cut in Glasgow. Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel. In June 1942 she moved into the Red Sea for service in the Indian Ocean including time at Cape Town. StateLibQld 1 133517 Athelmonarch (ship).jpg 1,000 × 570; 52 KB The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List In the morning of 30 June 1942 HMS Medway (Capt. Robert Broderick Fri, 12 Apr 2019: My Grandfather W H Pengelley (J43432) served on board and survived. Later support was transferred to Malta remaining designated as HMS MEDWAY with accommodation provided in HM Minesweeper BAGSHOT. HMS MAIDSTONE - Submarine Depot Ship. A Submarine Depot vessel which Unbeaten was not directly linked to was HMS Medway. Naval-History.Net, revised 5/6/11 We also have a detailed page on the British Submarine tender HMS Medway (F 25). Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel, Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.). Along with her sister vessels, she was designed for counter-piracy, anti-smuggling, fishery protection, border patrol, counter terrorism and maritime defence duties. Remained at Alexandria for submarine support. The first steel was cut on HMS Medway in June 2015, at a ceremony in Glasgow. SERVICE Armament: 2 4" guns, 4 4" AA guns. Overall the Royal Navy was and is controlled by the Admiralty, led by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Title Category Address Description; HMCS Regina: 50 42N, 5 3W: Coronet torpedoed 8 Aug 1944: MV Moanda: 24.44N, 16.48W: Motor Merchant Torpedoed 29 Mar 1943 of submarine operations in eastern, May Nominated a r S e r v i c In 1940 HMS Medway Queen joined the 10th Mine-sweeping Flotilla based in Dover. escorted by cruiser and seven Fleet destroyers. Thirty of the 1,135 crew were lost in the sinking of the Medway. In 1936 a bow rudder was fitted and in 1938 Medway Queen was converted to oil-firing. 29th Embarked January Deployment HMS Maidstone (Photo Ships, click to enlarge) return to Contents List : MAIDSTONE-Class Submarine Depot ship built by John Brown of Clydebank, Glasgow ands laid down on 30th August 1936. Chatham division ships fought at Jutland in May 1916 and Chatham division men took part in the Zeebrugge Raid in April 1918. On the 30th June 1942 she was torpedoed by German submarine U-372 and sunk. destroyer sold in 19221. The ship went to the China Station early in She had been stationed in the Mediterranean since 1936; between 1939 and 1942 she was in the eastern Med. HMS Medway is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Navy. Medway Queen was requisitioned for the Royal Navy in 1939 and converted for mine-sweeping. Medway HMS was a British Royal Navy Submarine Depot Ship of 14,650 tons built in 1928. Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net; Victoria Cross at Sea 1939-45 - WW2 Campaign Summary. List - Submarine Flotilla at Hong Kong 1. MARTINIQUE 1780. Includes Breconas static … or Named after the River Medway in Kent, she was the second Batch 2 River-class vessel to be commissioned and is assigned long-term as Royal Navy guardship in the Caribbean. to the name, introduced in 1693 for a 3rd Rate and was last used for a You can help improve our commands section She served with the Thirteenth until March, 1918 when she went to the Third Destroyer Flotilla. Includes Hindostanas static training ship 3. Edited by Gordon Along with her sister vessels, she was designed for counter-piracy, anti-smuggling, fishery protection, border patrol, counter terrorism and maritime defence duties. Medway will be a couple of months behind Forth in going to sea for a second time. for transfer to Beirut in the event of threat of invasion of HMS Medway is equipped with a flight deck to operate the Merlin helicopter and armed with a 30mm automatic cannon, two miniguns, four machine guns and is capable of more than 24 knots. torpedoes fired from U372 off Alexandria. HMS Raleigh (Torpoint, Cornwall) 4.1. Accommodation was provided in HM Coastal Minelayer MEDUSA for personnel, employed in facilities ashore. passage to Beirut escorted by cruiser and seven Fleet destroyers. HMS Medway is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel. Mediterranean. note on casualties). HMS Medway as seen before the Second World War. HMS Medway is a River-class offshore patrol vessel. Later google_ad_slot = "8788879265"; Alternatively, use the values given for AKs. go Philip Ruck-Keene, CBE, RN) was torpedoed and sunk by U-372 off Alexandria in position 32º03'N, 30º35'E while … Nominated for service in the Mediterranean with submarine Flotilla. google_ad_height = 90; and. 30 men went down with the ship. HMS Excellent (Whale Island, Portsmouth) 3.1. Geoffrey B Mason RN (Rtd) (c) 2003. stores and 1,135 personnel for transfer to new base at Only Dave was a member of the Sittingbourne Branch RNA . At the outbreak of World War 2 the Royal Navy was the largest navy, next to the Red Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy. Over 15 days, the sea trials were carried out under a mixed civilian and Royal Navy crew under admiralty trials master captain Graham Baxter. HMS Medway has been officially welcomed into the Royal Navy with her Commissioning Ceremony at Chatham Dockyard today. S/M Dave Davis served on HMS Medway in 1942 and survived the sinking on the 30th June. google_ad_width = 728; Served on the China Station at the outbreak of the Second World War but left in April 1940 for Alexandria. September Under refit by torpedoes carried were recovered. HM Destroyers SIKH, ZULU, CROOME and TETCOTT sank U372 These included the loss of three Chatham cruisers, HMS Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy, sunk together on the morning of the 22 nd September 1914 by a single German submarine – the U-9 . Speed: 16 knots (Note: The until being transferred to the Mediterranean, AIX 1758 - QUEBEC 1759 - HMS Medway is a 90-metre offshore patrol vessel and will be involved in counter-terrorism and anti-smuggling operations to help keep Britain safe. Displacement: 14650 tons. Medway Division - HMS President's cover photo 18/09/2020 Fitness tests last night, a socially distanced Royal Navy Fitness test, great to see a 100% pass rate BZ (Navy speak for well done). During later salvage operations 47 of the stock of 90 (Casualty Philip Ruck-Keene, CBE, RN) was torpedoed and sunk by U-372 off Alexandria in position 32º03'N, 30º35'E while shifting to Beirut. and formatting is required,