HMS Forester

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Ship	HMS Forester

Operated By Country	Great Britain
Unit Type	Ship
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Ship Class	HMS F Class
Ship Type	Destroyer

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Postings	0

	Abbreviation
	H74

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
	J S White At Cowes	1933_May_15	1934_Jun_28	1935_Mar_29	1946_Jan_22	409day	274day	683day	10.82yr

Activities
1) Involved In Activity	2) 1: as	3) 2: Commanded By	4) 3:Rank	5) 1: Details
1940 04 13 0100 Surface Action Second Battle Of Narvik	N	Tancock E B	Lieutenant Commander
1940 07 03 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Mers El Kebir, Algeria	N			Email Contribution: My grand father Louis Collinet was not the Captain of the Dunkerque in battle of Mers el Kebir (1940 07 03), but Captain of the Strasbourg. The Strasbourg was the only ship, which escaped to Toulon harbor. The grand Mother of Louis Collinet was english and he had british education. When the English naval forces came on the morning of 1940 07 03, he discretly prepared the machine of the ship and gave the order to cut the main anchor chains of Strasbourg and to fix small cable to prepare the escape. When the ship gone away my grand father refused to make fire on the Hood besause he considered that English navy was still 'allies' ! Email Contribution: From: Jean Marie Piquet Subject: French cruiser Strasbourg in the battle of Mers-El Kebir The story told by the grandson of the Strasbourg's commandant was reported to me differently by the then officer in charge of Gun-control of the battleship that day, while she was cruising at full speed towards Toulon, hunted by a force of destroyers and the HOOD.: This officer reported to the commandant that due to sunset, the British ships would be in unfavourable conditions to signt the ship and that an opportunity existed to steer 90 degrees unseen and hit the HOOD by the flank, over the heads of the destroyers. Answer from the commandant was "There has been enough casualties for today!" Years later, after retirements, they both met for a dinner in my father's home and he confessed that he was one of the few French officers to know that British battleships were equipped with the first generation of radars which allowed them to track enemy units even in the dark. He thus could not explain his decision to forge ahead instead of taking a brave but foolish stand.
1940 11 27 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia	N

Assignments
1) Covered By Assignment	2) 1: Assign To Unit	3) 2: Covered By Assignment	4) 3: Assign To Unit
1935_Jun_06 HMS Faulknor - HMS Fame - HMS Fearless - HMS Firedrake - - HMS Foresight - HMS Fortune - HMS Foxhound - HMS Fury - RN 6th Destroyer Flotilla	RN 6th Destroyer Flotilla	1940_Jan_01 - RN Home Fleet	RN Home Fleet
1939_May_01 HMS Faulknor - HMS Fame - HMS Fearless - HMS Firedrake - - HMS Foresight - HMS Fortune - HMS Foxhound - HMS Fury - RN 8th Destroyer Flotilla	RN 8th Destroyer Flotilla	1940_Jan_01 - RN Home Fleet	RN Home Fleet
	RN 8th Destroyer Flotilla	1945_Jan_01 - BR Plymouth	BR Plymouth

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