Bookmark
Major Types
Ship Class
Ship
Aircraft Model
Unit
Gun Model
Turret Model
Torpedo Model
Rocket Launcher Model
Sensor
Anti Submarine Mounting
Date Time
Country
Activity
Person
Posting
Enterprise
Ship Production Batch
Treaty
Tension
Decoration
Place
Document
ref:Flix000001 2008 47 023
Related Types
Activities Involve
|
Assignments Cover
Related Pages
Standard View
|
Technical Details
Ship
HMS Achilles
Operated By
Country
Great Britain
Unit Type
Ship
Depicted In
Image
Ship Class
HMS Leander
Ship Type
Cruiser
Involved In
Activity
1939 12 13 0100 Surface Action Sinking Of Graf Spee River Plate
as
N
Commanded By
Woodhouse C H L
Rank
Captain
Flag
Postings
0
Units
Operated By
Country
Great Britain
Ships
Built By
Shipbuilder
Laid Down
YMD
Launch
YMD
Commissioned
YMD
Final
YMD
On Slip
Fitting Out
Total Building
Life
Year
Cammell Laird And Co Ltd
1931 Jun 11
1932 Sep 01
1933 Oct 06
1948 Jan 01
448day
400day
848day
14.24yr
Ships
Transferred To
Country
India
Sensors
1)
Fitted With
Sensor
2) 1:
as
3) 2:
Fitted
4) 2:
Number Fitted
5) 1:
Radar Type
BR, Director, HACS Mark V
N
1944 Jan 01
2
BR, Radar, Type 272 ##
N
1944 Jan 01
Surface Search
Assignments
1)
Covered By
Assignment
2) 1:
Assign To
Unit
3) 2:
Covered By
Assignment
4) 3:
Assign To
Unit
5) 1:
Summary
1939-Dec-01 - RN Force H
RN Force H
1945-Jan-01 - HMS Argonaut - HMS Black Prince - HMS Gambia - HMS Uganda - HMS Newfoundland - HMS Ceylon - HMS Swiftsure - RN 4th Cruiser Squadron
RN 4th Cruiser Squadron
1945 Jan 01 - RN Pacific Fleet
RN Pacific Fleet
Or much earlier
More below, scroll to see
