This convoy of troopships departed Halifax on 30 January 1940 for the Clyde where it arrived on 7 February 1940. She was docked for repairs later on the 27th. Due to this damage she only arrived around 1145Q/27. Greening, RN) had sustained weather damage. Egerton, RN) had gone ahead and had already arrived around 0915Q/26.ĭuring the passage from Bermuda HMS Hereward (Lt.Cdr. Rawlings, OBE, RN) and HMS Hunter (Lt.Cdr. On completion of the exercises all ships set course for Halifax, Nova Scotia. They were joined around 0900Q/23 by the light cruiser HMS Enterprise (Capt. de Villiers, RN) departed Bermuda for exercises. Rawlings, OBE, RN) and the destroyers HMS Hereward (Lt.Cdr. ( 3)Īround 0730Q/23, the battleship HMS Valiant (Capt. On return to harbour, HMS Hereward entered the floating dock. They returned to Bermuda around 1515Q/19. She is escorted by the destroyers HMS Hereward (Lt.Cdr. Rawlings, OBE, RN) departed Bermuda for several days of exercises. ( 3)Īround 1330Q/17, the battleship HMS Valiant (Capt. They returned to Bermuda around 1030Q/13. ( 3)Īround 0915Q/10, the battleship HMS Valiant (Capt. ( 1)Īround 1515Q/3, the battleship HMS Valiant (Capt. Rawlings, OBE, RN) made rendezvous with the destroyer HMS Hyperion (Cdr. Graham, RN) joined the escort and HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent parted company.Īt 1730Z/15, the destroyer escort parted company and HMS Valiant continued her passage unescorted.Īt 1610PQ/22 (time +3.5), in approximate position 34☂0'N, 58☃6'W, HMS Valiant (Capt. Boyle, RN).Īround 1600Z/14, the destroyer HMS Escapade (Cdr. On departure from Portland she is escorted by the destroyers HMS Acasta (Lt.Cdr. Rawlings, OBE, RN) departed Portland for Bermuda where she is to work-up as this is though not possible in the U.K. ( 2)Īround 0830Z/14, the battleship HMS Valiant (Capt. Rawlings, OBE, RN) conducted gunnery exercises off Portland during which she was escorted by the destroyers HMS Acasta (Lt.Cdr.
Boyle, RN) had meanwhile reinforced the screen. She went to Portland instead arriving there around 0830Z/12. Barker, RN).ĭue to suspected enemy submarine in the area HMS Valiant could not return to Plymouth as had been intended. She is escorted by the destroyers HMS Acasta (Lt.Cdr. Rawlings, OBE, RN) departed Plymouth for trials. ( 1)Īround 0830Z/11, the battleship HMS Valiant (Capt. Rawlings, OBE, RN) is recommissioned at the Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth upon completion of a major reconstruction which had stared in March 1937. The page of HMS Valiant was last updated in December 2021. Notable events involving Valiant include:
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page. You can help improve our commands sectionĬlick here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel. Please note that we're still working on this section.Ĭapt. Sold 19 March 1948 to Arnott Young, arrived Cairn Ryan 16 August 1945, arrived Troon for scrapping 10 March 1950. HMS Valiant was sold for scrapping in March 1948. Following the start of the war a Type 273 SR(Surface Radar) on the foremast, a Type SR (Surface Radar) 284 radar on the LA DCT (Low Angle Director Control Tower) and a Type HA (High Angle) 285 on each of the HA DCT's, a Type 291 AW (Air Warning) on the mastheads and an IFF interrogator. Their heights had to be staggered because of their close proximity. Four HA/LA DCT (High Angle/Low Angle Director Control Tower) were fitted two above and forward of the bridge and two aft. Her final 20 mm Oerlikon's anti-aircraft fit was 52 (26x2), the quad machine-guns having been removed. Throughout the war changes were being made to the anti aircraft weapons as the threat increased. New aircraft arrangements were made to accommodate 3 aircraft with an athwartships catapult. 32 2 pdr pom pom guns (4 x 8) were fitted arround the funnel, 16 0.5" (4x4) machine guns were fitted, two on B and 2 on X turret roofs, but these were quickly removed. All the secondary armament was replaced with 20 4.5" AA gun mounts (10 x 2) (as installed on the Illustious-Class aircraft carriers). The changes included improvements to the main guns, allowing 30 degree elevation increasing their range to 32000 yards. In the second rebuild both HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant remained almost identical sister ships, the difference being HMS Queen Elizabeth had a tripod mainmast, HMS Valiant a pole mainmast.
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