Mid Ocean Escort Groups (N. Atlantic) January 1942
Mid Ocean Escort Groups in the North Atlantic in January 1942.TG = Task Group EG = Escort GroupTG.4.1.11 Canada. Destroyer: OttawaCorvettes: Polyanthus (RN) Celandine (RN), Amherst, Fennel. TG.4.1.12...
View ArticleNorth Atlantic Escort Groups 1st October 1941
The British Ocean Escort Groups Organisation is as follows (ships names in brackets are under refit)1st EG Londonderry Destroyers: Keppel, (Lincoln), Rockingham, Sabre, (Shikari), Venemous. Corvettes:...
View ArticleNorth Atlantic Escort Groups Feb-April 1942
The escort groups were reorganised at this time due to the US destroyers being required elsewhere on Pacific and US-UK troop ship convoys. A1 US Destroyers: Benson, Broome, MacLeish or McCormickRCN...
View ArticleNorth Atlantic MOE Groups - January 1943
The Mid Ocean Escort Groups are as follows: B1 RN Destroyers: Hurricane, Rockingham, WatchmanRN Corvettes: Borage, Dahlia, Meadowsweet, Monkshood, Wallflower, AnchusaB2 RN Destroyers: Hesperus,...
View ArticleNewfoundland Escort Force - 27th July 1941
Mark: some groups from the very earliest days of the Newfoundland Escort Force:Organization, 27 July 1941:Reference: Memo 0.21, Captain (D) Newfoundland, 27 July 1941. With the exception of Group 14,...
View ArticleEG40
Can anyone please shed any light on the composition of EG40 and whether HMS Poppy was ever attached to it, help would be most appriciated. Thanks
View ArticleEscort Groups 24 and S3 and HMS Poppy
I am trying to ascertain to which Escort Group(s) HMS Poppy was part of in first quarter of 1943. In John lambert's Warships Perspective book he illustrates Poppy's funnel insignia showing two white...
View ArticleBest places to find Information
Hello All,I am just about to go on a 6 day trip of South England to visit a number of naval museums and libraries. I was woundering where would be the best place to do some research on Escort Groups...
View ArticleHM Ships Mallow, Jonquil, Nasturtium, and Aubretia
Hi.I am researching the naval carrier of Temporary Lieutenant Patrick Corfe Cother RNVR DSC, he served in the following Flower class corvettes:HMS Mallow (1st Lt) 09.04.1941 - 22.01.1942HMS Jonquil...
View ArticleHMS Heather K69
Hi all, please, please is there anyone out there who can give me the history of Heather as I have only been able to get her "birth and death" details and thanks to Mark that she served in Group B2. I...
View Articleescort groups.
This is my first post so please bear with me.Can some one please tell me when the first Escort groups where formed by the Royal Navy.The first mention of them I can find is for the beginning of March...
View ArticleRN 21st Escort Group
Hi,I'm a ship modeler researching a future build of Captain Class Frigate HMS Redmill K-554, together w/ U-1105, the U-Boat that torpedoed her. Redmill was 1 of the 6 Buckley/Captain Class frigates...
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