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DATE OF ARRIVAL |
LOCATION |
DATE OF DEPARTURE |
ORDERS, REMARKS ETC |
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18.11.38 |
Plymouth |
17.4.39 |
D of D 12/1: Taken in
hand 11/1 for boiler repairs
D of D 16/1: In hand for
refit
D of D 23/1: Completes
28/2
Leaves Devonport 17/4 for
survey – Plymouth – Portland. Abr 15/5 to proceed to Hebrides
D of D 6/5: Completes
11/3. Ready for service 3/4 In hand for repairs to feed heater.
Completed to full
complement on 14/3 |
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17.4.39 |
Start Bay |
? |
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21.4.39 |
Brixham |
? |
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28.4.39 |
Plymouth |
1.5.39 |
For survey
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5.5.39 |
Plymouth |
8.5.39 |
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8.5.39 |
Start Bay |
12.5.39 |
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12.5.39 |
Plymouth |
15.5.39 |
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16.5.39 |
Ramsay Isle of Man |
20.5.39 |
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20.5.39 |
Tor Point |
23.5.39 |
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23.5.39 |
Tiree |
26.5.39 |
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26.5.39 |
Tobermory |
29.5.39 |
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29.5.39 |
Tiree |
2.6.39 |
To assist in search for
HMS Thetis.
2/6 from Capt (D): Left
position of Thetis for Tiree. |
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3.6.39 |
Tobermory |
5.6.39 |
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5.6.39 |
Tiree |
9.6.39 |
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9.6.39 |
Tobermory |
12.6.39 |
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12.6.39 |
Tiree |
15.6.39 |
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16.6.39 |
Belfast |
19.6.39 |
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19.6.39 |
Tiree |
23.6.39 |
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23.6.39 |
Portree |
25.6.39 |
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26.6.39 |
Liverpool |
? |
8/7 From S.O. 1st
MSF: GLEANER expects to finish her present job by 12/7.
It was
intended - ultimately ,after Thetis was lifted - to carry her slung
beneath Zelo to a point on the east coast of Anglesey. But large
scale charts of the area showed considerable unevenness or the
underwater contours, and a number of wrecks were known to exist,
more or less in her path. The naval survey ship HMS Gleaner was
therefore despatched to Liverpool Bay to plot a safe course for the
salvors.
Source: CET Warren & J
Benson - The Admiralty Regrets
Propose GLEANER should
proceed to North Channel on 12/7 and complete tidal observations. She
will then be available to return to Liverpool Bay by 15/7 |
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12.7.39 |
Tor Point |
13.7.39 |
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? |
Liverpool |
24.7.39 |
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26.7.39 |
Plymouth |
14.8.39 |
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16.8.39 |
Islay |
18.8.39 |
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18.8.39 |
Portrush |
21.8.39 |
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21.8.39 |
Islay |
23.8.39 |
23/8 To proceed to Home
Port with moderate despatch and convert for minesweeping duties. |
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25.8.39 |
Plymouth |
13.9.39 |
Taken in hand 27/8 for
conversion to minesweeper. Armed at Devonport with two 4" HA guns and
four 0.5" machine guns. Completes 9/9 approx.
GLEANER was allocated to
the 1st A/S Flotilla in Western Approaches Command.
12/9 from C in C Western
Approaches:- To sail for Liverpool with all convenient despatch.
14/9 GLEANER is to be
employed as an anti-submarine vessel and not a minesweeping vessel.
Minesweeping gear should be landed and depth charges embarked as soon
as possible. (As an A/S escort she initially had two depth charge
chutes and two throwers (DCT) with about 12 depth charges.) Dates
when they will be ready for service to be reported. |
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15.9.39 |
Liverpool |
23.9.39 |
Escorting Trident |
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24.9.39 |
Clyde (Greenock) |
? |
26/9 from Naval Officer
i/c Belfast: If no trace submarine on line Turnberry Campbeltown by
dusk return to Clyde for Trident. |
|
26.9.39 |
Liverpool |
30.9.39 |
30/9 From C in C Western
Approaches: A/s equipment of GLEANER is now complete.
2/10 From C in C W
Approaches:- Owing to shortage of destroyers Naval Officer I/c Belfast
is requested to detail GLEANER to arrive Liverpool by 0700 on Saturday
7/10 for one convoy under orders of Capt (D) 11th Destroyer
Flotilla.
5/10 From N O i/c
Belfast: Return to harbour at Belfast |
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7.10.39 |
Liverpool |
8.10.39 |
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GLEANER spent two
days with Convoy OB16G |
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13.10.39 |
Liverpool |
14.10.39 |
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14/15.10.39 |
Belfast |
15.10.39 |
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15.10.39 |
When HM Ships KINGFISHER
(patrol sloop) and PC.74 (vintage patrol vessel) attacked a U‑boat in
the vicinity of Great Ormes Head on 15 Oct.1939, GLEANER joined in the
hunt in Liverpool Bay. |
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16.10.39 |
Belfast |
18.10.39 |
17/10 To be sailed for
Port A as soon as possible to provide temporary A/S protection to this
base |
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20.10.39 |
Belfast |
25.10.39 |
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26.10.39 |
Port A |
28.10.39 |
26/10 From N O i/c
Belfast: GLEANER and Shearwater are to be sailed from port for moving
of A/S 1 ships.
28/10 From N O i/c Port
A:- GLEANER has been ordered to proceed direct to Belfast from Clyde
unless otherwise by C in C Western Approaches |
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29.10.39 |
Ardrossan |
? |
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3.11.39 |
Belfast |
14.11.39 |
14/11 From C in C W A:
Transferred temporarily to C in C H F – sails for Port A 14/11 |
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15.11.39 |
Port A |
29.11.39 |
16/11 From N O i/c
Belfast: Request GLEANER be sailed for Clyde
29/11 From N O i/c Port
A: Sailing of GLEANER is postponed until weather moderates |
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29.11.39 |
Aberdeen |
30.11.39 |
For Shetlands |
|
1.12.39 |
Scapa |
? |
In December GLEANER was
reassigned to the Home Fleet A/S Force. |
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2.12.39 |
Port A |
? |
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? |
Belfast |
10.12.39 |
For Clyde
9/12 From C in C Home Fleet: Request GLEANER may be sailed for Clyde
forthwith on completion of boiler cleaning
10/12 From N O i/c
Belfast: GLEANER has completed boiler cleaning and will be ready for
sea 10/12 |
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10.12.39 |
Clyde |
? |
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|
29.12.39 |
On 29 and 30 December she
helped to escort in the Canadian Troop Convoy TC2 |
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31.12.39 |
She joined the trawler
LORD NUFFIELD on 31 December in an attack on a U‑boat off Sanda
Island, between the Mull of Kintyre and Ailsa Craig. |
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30.12.39 |
Clyde |
8.1.40 |
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