Date of Arrival

Place

Date of Departure

Orders, Remarks etc

24.4.39

Chatham

Taken in hand 24/4 for docking and coating bottom, completes 26/4

15.6.39 Commissioned with RFR (D) crew on 15/6 for service in the 5^th MSF under administration of the C in C Nore.

20.6.39

Harwich

22.6.39

22.6.39

Harwich

18.7.39

18.7.39

Sheerness

27.7.39

Taken in hand 19/7 for repairs to dynamo. Completes 24/7 At 24 hours notice.

27.7.39

Harwich

8.8.39

For exercises with Home Fleet

12.8.39

Sheerness

14.8.39

14.8.39

Harwich

15.8.39

15.8.39

Harwich

16.8.39

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Harwich

23.8.39

23.8.39

Dover

23.8.39

24.8.39

Sheerness

25.8.39

25.8.39

Dover

17.10.39

20.9.39

HARRIER and Skipjack sank two floating mines near the South Goodwin Light Vessel. Later that day HARRIER took on board 39 survivors of the torpedoed sloop Kittiwake (an alternate report states she “towed the Corvette KITTIWAKE to Dover after she had been mined two miles east of the Goodwin Sands”). A few days later HARRIER, Halcyon, Speedwell, Skipjack, Salamander and Hussar commenced sweeping across the channel towards Calais

17.10.39

Sheerness

12.11.39

19/10 Taken in hand for docking and defects 18/10. Not at 24 hours notice.

20/10 Date for completion of HARRIER 9/11 except trials and diesel dynamo engine for which contractors require 20 weeks for delivery of new crank shaft.

13.11.39

Humber

14.12.39

ADM100/184 Weekly M S Report Tyne Area to 28 Dec 39 (Extracts)

Available minesweepers included 5^th MSF:

HMS Sphinx, HMS Speedwell, HMS Halcyon, HMS HARRIER, HMS Dunoon, HMS Dundalk. 

SWEPT CHANNELS

22.12.39
Coastal Channels: War channel to westward cleared to 16 cables from centre line from Lat 54°55’ N the Lat 55°10’N. One mine exploded, one cut … by 5^th MSF.

23.12.39
Coastal Channels: 5^th MSF War Channel area to Westward cleared 19 cables from centre line from Lat 54°55’ N the Lat 55°10’N. One mine exploded, four mines cut. 

25.12.39
Coastal Channels: 5^th MSF area to west of centre line war channel cleared to 21 cables from Lat 54°55’ N the Lat 55°10’N. 

26.12.39
Approach channels: 5^th MSF carried out clearance sweep from southern edge of S Tyne approach 4 cables wide.

27.12.39
Coastal channels: 5^th MSF clearance sweep line 115°, from Tyne Entrance to War Channel, 3 cables to south 5 cables to north of line. 

28.12.39
Coastal channels: 5^th MSF War channels area to east of centre line cleared to 10 cables, from Lat 54°55’ N the Lat 55°10’N. One mine cut 094° 8 miles from North breakwater light.

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Tyne

2.1.39

For Invergordon