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Germans to quarters. She later transported the 117 Germans to Alexandria. She remained in the Mediterranean after the end of the war, taking passage to the UK in August. She was paid off in September, was de-stored and then reduced to the
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Mediterranean in May, and underwent preparation for foreign service that saw the damage sustained during the Norwegian operations being repaired. Her pennant number was also changed, to G50. She left Britain on 16 May, in company with her sisters,
1974:. She was off Rhodes on 8 May 1945 when Major General Wagner, Commander of German forces in the Dodecanese, and two of his staff officers came aboard her to formally surrender. They came alongside on a motor launch they had captured from the British some months previously. The
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area, and having completed these by 13 September she resumed her patrolling. In
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December, this time in company with HMS
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on 29 October, and took her as a prize. She carried out interception patrols throughout
November, in order to prevent the evacuation of German personnel from occupied territory. On 5 November she sank an
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Western Approaches for German ships that had been reported on passage into the Atlantic. Actually, these ships were part of
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to Malta. By 16 December unconfirmed reports of
Italian battle group escorting a supply convoy to Benghazi had reached the British force. The force was sighted on 17 December, and the
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during the bombardment on 21 April. The following day she deployed with the fleet screen during the return to
Alexandria after the end of the bombardment, arriving on 23 April.
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on 29 May and began to ferry troops to the cruisers offshore. The
British ships came under heavy and sustained air attacks during their return passage, during which both
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was under repair on 27 October, but was back in action on 31 October, when she resumed convoy defence duties. The damage meant that she was operating at reduced speed.
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spent January 1940 carrying out contractors' trials. She finished the trials and had completed storing and weapon system calibrations by February, and took passage to
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on 11 November. She remained in the Aegean throughout December and in January 1945 was acting in support of operations on the Greek mainland. She was at
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area. She was towed there from Harwich, and after these had been completed, she was sold to West of Scotland Shipbreakers on 30 March 1949. HMS
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2631:Gadjah Mada
1824:Kimberley's
1797:Le Terrible
1788:destroyers
1786:Free French
1732:Breconshire
1728:Breconshire
1678:Breconshire
1658:Breconshire
1637:Breconshire
1534:as part of
1350:, with HMS
1197:Eighth Army
888:Convoy BN 7
739:Axis powers
540:battleships
311:5,500
161:1 June 1939
64:introducing
2810:1939 ships
2794:Categories
2324:Royal Navy
2054:References
1758:Torpedoing
1142:Formidable
1032:Formidable
997:Formidable
931:Port Sudan
862:Shropshire
835:, and the
806:Parramatta
743:submarines
720:Alexandria
502:Manchester
493:Home Fleet
489:Scapa Flow
409:Royal Navy
320:Complement
285:Propulsion
72:April 2009
47:references
2692:Nonpareil
2675:Van Galen
2519:Nonpareil
2465:Kimberley
2215:164893555
2046:Uboat.net
2024:Kimberley
2012:Dartmouth
2008:Kimberley
1984:Kimberley
1976:Kimberley
1964:Catterick
1954:Kimberley
1936:F lighter
1918:Kimberley
1863:Kimberley
1850:embarked
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1395:Kimberley
1377:took HMS
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1248:Scarpanto
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745:based in
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485:Kimberley
460:Kimberley
437:Kimberley
417:Kimberley
405:destroyer
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349:3 Ă— twin
227:deep load
150:Laid down
130:Kimberley
2586:Norseman
2472:Kingston
2458:Khartoum
2431:Kandahar
2387:Jubilant
2186:(1998).
1995:Post war
1967:and the
1931:Gradisca
1791:Le Malin
1776:Heythrop
1710:Kingston
1690:Euryalus
1686:Carlisle
1674:Kingston
1666:Flamingo
1617:Kingston
1595:Benghazi
1587:Kingston
1575:Penelope
1558:Euryalus
1552:Kingston
1532:Penelope
1530:and HMS
1455:Kingston
1451:Kandahar
1352:Kandahar
1313:Imperial
1309:Hereward
1269:Imperial
1263:Hereward
1226:Hereward
1224:and HMS
1159:Warspite
1125:Kingston
1121:Kandahar
1088:Hereward
1067:Kalamata
1059:Auckland
1057:and HMS
1020:Suda Bay
1016:Kingston
1014:and HMS
1011:Defender
979:Kandahar
977:and HMS
975:Carlisle
954:and HMS
921:Island.
876:Flamingo
869:Auckland
833:Laomedon
829:Chakdina
820:Auckland
813:Shoreham
796:Carlisle
730:Kingston
715:Khartoum
708:Kandahar
684:Forester
647:Fleinvær
643:Penelope
634:Penelope
618:Glowworm
606:Glowworm
533:Kirkwall
433:Eastwood
344:Armament
220:standard
158:Launched
2761:L class
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2723:N class
2667:N class
2623:N class
2550:N class
2497:Nerissa
2489:N class
2479:Kipling
2444:Kashmir
2438:Javelin
2416:K class
2406:Javelin
2400:Kashmir
2393:Jupiter
2361:Jamaica
2332:J class
2016:Harwich
1989:reserve
1944:Alimnia
1940:Piscopi
1715:Kipling
1646:Neptune
1631:Neptune
1583:Neptune
1548:Neptune
1536:Force K
1497:Neptune
1486:Leander
1480:, HMAS
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1409:Guepard
1404:Guépard
1344:Sphakia
1305:Hotspur
1259:Hotspur
1185:convoys
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1102:Hotspur
1075:Griffin
1054:Vampire
1048:Piraeus
1024:Tripoli
1004:Griffin
969:Georgic
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890:. They
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825:Chakala
775:Caledon
761:Berbera
747:Eritrea
724:Red Sea
678:Cossack
674:Cossack
669:Cossack
599:Punjabi
585:Bedouin
562:Repulse
552:Valiant
511:Germany
505:in the
497:cruiser
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427:in the
407:of the
402:K-class
255:Draught
136:Builder
106:History
60:improve
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1740:Havock
1706:Jervis
1702:Havock
1662:Hobart
1650:Lively
1622:Lively
1571:Aurora
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1518:Tobruk
1506:Abdiel
1502:Phoebe
1484:, HMS
1482:Hobart
1463:Nubian
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1442:Jaguar
1437:Jackal
1433:Havock
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