42-584: D76 may refer to: D. 76 , Aria "Pensa, che questo istante" ('Pensa, che questo istante') for bass and piano by Franz Schubert HMS Virago (D76) or HMS Virago (R75), V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II HMS Witherington (D76) , Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy Photographic developer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
84-672: A bow collision between the two ships, Virago disengaged and HMS Venus rescued the rest of the crew and her officers (and then scuttled Hardy ). On 3 April 1944 Virago escorted the carrier HMS Searcher during Operation Tungsten , which was an inconclusive air attack on the German battleship Tirpitz at her base in Kaafjord in the far north of Norway. During the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 she fired on German positions behind Lion-sur-Mer on Sword Beach , and later gave cover fire for troops advancing inland. Virago remained off
126-585: A comprehensive, ongoing archaeological survey of the coast of Albania in cooperation with the Albanian Institute of Archaeology (AIA) and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA). The inaugural season, conducted from the R/V Hercules , involved a multibeam sonar survey with remotely operated vehicle (ROV) assessment of targets to the 120 m contour. The area surveyed was from the border with Greece, through
168-447: A height of 1.5 meters above the current level of the seabed. Active siltation and burial of the vessel remains at the site is visible. Some localized scouring and uncovering of cultural material is also possible. The majority of the remains visible were a section of a steel ship's hull, with explosion damage consistent with an implosion, exposed steel frames, electrical wiring, and a series of diagnostic artefacts. While identification of
210-614: A new course of 310 degrees. A reconstructed track course in Leggett (1976:36) depicts the turn outside the bay while Meçollari (2009:96–99) reconstructs the turn past the point and inside the bay. At 14:53, while underway on this new course, Saumarez struck a mine, later determined to be a German EMC (GY in British nomenclature) contact mine of Second World War manufacture. The EMC was a spherical weapon 44 in (1.12 m) in diameter with seven Hertz horns (a German-invented chemical detonator that closed
252-455: A planned operation ( Operation Offspring ) off Norway. (During one exercise, oiling from the battleship HMS Howe , the two ships locked together and Volage suffered superficial damage. ) On 10 August, 26DF escorted other warships for air attacks on shipping and shore targets between the islands of Lepsøya and Haramsøya in Norway. From 17 to 23 September, Volage joined the screen for
294-575: A series of air and surface attacks, during which one Liberator crashed. There were 52 Japanese survivors taken prisoner from the convoy and delivered to Trincomalee on 28 March. During April, Volage was used in convoy protection and the interception of the supply ships for the force of German u-boats operating in the Indian Ocean. She then sailed to Durban for refit, removal of Arctic fittings and enhancement of her radar and other detection equipment. She did not rejoin her flotilla until July and so missed
336-402: A split second forty feet of the destroyer, from the fore peak to just in front of 'A' gun turret, had vanished. Mess decks, store rooms, the paint shop, the cable locker containing tons of anchor cable, the anchors themselves, literally dissolved in the air" (Leggett 1976:71–72). Fragments of the bow were observed flying into the air, and other fragments, "some weighing up to half a ton" landed on
378-447: A strong force providing cover for Convoy JW60 , en route to Kola Inlet , northern Russia and repeated the role for the return convoy RA60 to Loch Ewe between 29 September and 3 October. The escort had been assembled in case of attack by the German battleship Tirpitz but Tirpitz had been disabled by an air attack some days before and the outward passage was uneventful. On the return, however, two merchant ships were lost to
420-584: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages HMS Virago (D76) HMS Virago was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that served in World War II . She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate , with the new pennant number F76 . In addition to escorting the perilous Arctic convoys during 1943–44, Virago participated with other British destroyers in
462-591: The Andaman Islands ( Operation Stagey ). On 14 March, Volage , and the destroyers Saumarez and Rapid formed Force 70 for a reconnaissance of Langkawi Sound and sailed for the Malacca Straits (Operation Transport). The reconnaissance task was abandoned soon after and, instead, Force 70 patrolled for enemy shipping. The British ships bombarded the railway works at Sigli , on Sumatra , on 17 March and resuming their anti-shipping sweep, without success, off
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#1732931643083504-534: The Battle of North Cape on 26 December 1943, where her torpedoes helped sink the badly beaten German battleship Scharnhorst , following a fierce fight between the Germans and the battleship Duke of York . On 30 January 1944, while escorting Convoy JW 56B to Murmansk, Virago rescued 78 men from the stricken HMS Hardy , whose stern had been blown off by an acoustic torpedo (resulting in 35 casualties). Following
546-800: The British Mandate in Palestine . Footage of her in action against illegal Jewish immigrants in December 1947 appears in Chris Marker 's 1960 documentary Description of a Struggle . On 22 October 1946, she struck a mine in the Corfu Channel , close to Albania (at a time of mutual suspicion) and lost her bow section as far as "A" turret (see section below). She was repaired in Malta, returned to Britain in 1949 and went into Reserve. She underwent major conversion work at
588-577: The Chatham Dockyard during 1952–1953 to become a Type 15 anti-submarine frigate , rejoined the Fleet in 1954 (with a new pennant number , F41) and served in the Dartmouth Training Squadron for two years. In 1956 she went into Reserve for a second time, at Portsmouth and in 1964 she was used for the harbour training of Royal Marines . Volage was never re-commissioned. She was placed on
630-633: The Corfu Channel Incident , both destroyers reached Corfu, and subsequently were sent to Malta. No known attempt was made to salvage or recover material from the bow of Volage , which sank at the site of the mine explosion. Saumarez was written off as a constructive loss and sold on 8 September 1950, and was reported scrapped in October 1950. In July 2007, the RPM Nautical Foundation , a U.S. and Malta-based not-for-profit organization, began
672-525: The German submarine U-310 . During the rest of October 1944, Volage was included in the escort for aircraft carriers on two anti-shipping and one reconnaissance operation off Norway. As the surface naval threat in western Europe had greatly reduced with the sinking, in November 1944, of Tirpitz , Royal Naval units were transferred to the far East to confront the Japanese . The 26DF, including Volage ,
714-532: The Nicobar islands . Force 70 arrived off the Andamans on 19 March with the intent of entering the natural harbour at Port Blair and attacking any shipping found there. Volage had developed engine defects which limited her to the use of only one propeller shaft and consequentially she remained offshore, firing air bursts over the shore batteries. Rapid was hit by 6 inch fire from shore batteries shortly after entered
756-491: The Andamans and the Malayan coast (Operation On Board). Next day, Force 70 located and attacked an enemy convoy of four transports escorted by two Japanese anti-submarine vessels that were en route from Singapore to Port Blair with supplies, troops and " comfort women ". Ships' gunfire and torpedoes were used without success until Liberator aircraft, from No. 222 Group RAF , provided support. The four transports were then sunk by
798-538: The Arctic and the Indian Oceans during World War II . She was the fifth Royal Naval ship to bear the name (a sixth was planned during World War I as a modified V-class destroyer but the order was cancelled in 1918). She was ordered on 1 September 1941 as part of the 8th Emergency flotilla and fitted for Arctic service. On 22 October 1946, Volage and the destroyer HMS Saumarez were badly damaged by mines laid in
840-586: The Corfu Channel (but not into Greek waters) and to the Bay of Saranda, 21 kilometers from the border. A total of 125 anomalies were encountered, and 67 were assessed with the ROV during the 2007 season. The majority of anomalies were found to be geological mud and mud/sand formations. Fifteen shipwrecks were identified, fourteen of which were classified as "modern" and one of which was an ancient wreck of ca. 300–275 BCE. One of
882-663: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II . Between 1955 and 1960 she was held in reserve at Chatham Dockyard. Between 1962 and 1963 she was part of the Dartmouth Training Squadron . Virago was decommissioned in 1963 and held in reserve at Devonport. She arrived in Faslane for breaking up in June 1965. HMS Volage (R41) HMS Volage was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy , commissioned on 26 May 1944, that served in
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#1732931643083924-549: The East Indies, they spent a brief period on Volage and Mountbatten addressed the ship's crew. Volage stayed at Penang into September as radio ship until shore facilities had been established and then supported the landings at Port Dickson . Volage returned to Trincomalee for local duties and subsequently departed for service in the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, with the Mediterranean Fleet in Malta. She also served with
966-575: The Indian Ocean. She and Vigilant sank the Japanese submarine chaser CH-34 . She patrolled the Malacca Strait and supported Operation Dracula off the coast of Burma in late April 1945 as part of the 21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron . Virago subsequently participated in the Battle of the Malacca Strait with Saumarez , Verulam , Venus and Vigilant which culminated in the sinking of
1008-498: The Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro in the early morning of 16 May 1945. This was a textbook destroyer night action, and was the last naval gun battle of the Second World War. Later in the afternoon of 16 May, Virago was ordered to refuel from the carrier HMS Hunter . As the two ships closed, they were suddenly bombed by Japanese aircraft in a surprise attack and splinters from a near miss killed five of Virago's crew ( Hunter
1050-542: The North Corfu Channel . She was subsequently rebuilt as a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate , with the new pennant number "F41", during 1952–53, and scrapped in 1972. Volage completed her trials and she was commissioned on 26 May 1944 into the 26th Destroyer Flotilla (26DF) of the Home Fleet . She joined the Fleet at Scapa Flow and commenced active service on August with her flotilla on an exercise for
1092-499: The area to deter Haganah frogmen from planting limpet mines . A depth charge dropped by Virago was suspected of having caused the explosion. An inquest was held, at which the page in Virago ' s logbook for that day was found to be missing. However, the Admiralty dismissed the idea that a depth charge could have caused the explosion. On 19 September 1946, gunfire from Virago
1134-434: The circuit for firing) with a charge of 661 lbs (300 kg) (Campbell 1985:270). The blast occurred a few feet forward of the bridge on the starboard side, opening an approximately "thirty-foot section…from the keel to just below the bridge" to the sea (Leggett 1976:35). Saumarez stopped and began to drift, with a fire from spilled fuel engulfing the bow area as the bow, flooded from the explosion damage, settled beneath
1176-536: The coast of Normandy at various stations providing support for the invasion force until 6 July, when she departed and resumed operations off Norway and with the Arctic convoys through the end of September. Transferred to the Eastern Fleet in January 1945. On 26 March 1945 she, along with the destroyers Saumarez , Volage , and Vigilant , intercepted a Japanese supply convoy east of Khota Andaman, Andaman Islands in
1218-412: The disposal list and sold to BISCO on 28 October 1972 and towed to Pounds breakers' yard at Portchester later that year. After steaming from Corfu at 13:30 on 22 October 1946, the destroyers Saumarez and Volage and the cruisers Mauritius and Leander approached Kepi Denta (Denta Point) at the southern edge of the Bay of Saranda. At 14:47, the lead ship, Mauritius signalled a port turn and
1260-551: The fourteen other targets, briefly examined in 2007, was later (2009) determined to be the bow of Volage . During the 2009 field season the sonar target in this area was re-examined by James P. Delgado of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Auron Tare of The Albanian Center for Marine Research ROV specialist Kim Wilson, and George Robb, Jr., President and founder of the RPM Nautical Foundation, who immediately assessed
1302-432: The harbour, disabled and unable to make headway. Volage was also hit and briefly disabled by shore fire while Rapid was being towed to safety by Saumarez ; three of Volage ' s ratings were killed and another eight wounded. All three ships of Force 70 reached Akyab under their own power. On 25 March, Force 70, now consisting of Saumarez , Virago , Vigilant and Volage sailed on an anti-shipping sweep between
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1344-419: The naval forces for the re-occupation of Penang . According to a crew member, John Mills, Volage was the first Allied ship into Penang and the local Japanese surrender was made on the dockside nearby. When Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten , Commander-in-Chief, South East Asia Command , and General Bill Slim , C in C of 14th Army , passed through Penang en route to Singapore for the Japanese surrender in
1386-414: The potential of the 2007 "wreck" as the possible bow of Volage in response to Delgado’s question of whether the surveys of 2007–09 had encountered any traces of the Corfu Channel Incident . The site is located in the area of the mining of Volage . The seabed is a loose mud and silt. The sonar anomaly delineated by multibeam in 2007 and reconfirmed in 2009 is approximately 15 by 10 meters in area and has
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1470-471: The ship, some on to the bridge (Leggett 1976:72). Leggett (36) and Meçollari (96–99) chart the site of Volage' s mining off the north point of the Bay of Saranda. As previously noted, despite their damage, both destroyers remained afloat, and subsequently returned to Corfu under tow. Saumarez suffered 36 dead, 25 of whom were missing and presumed killed, while Volage lost eight men, seven of whom were missing, presumed killed (Leggett 1976:154–155). Following
1512-408: The site would have been better aided by the recovery of one or more diagnostic artefacts, because of the possibility of the site being the bow of Volage and hence a war grave, no disturbance was planned and nothing was disturbed or removed from the site. The British and Albanian governments were notified of the find and provided with video and still images of the site after the survey. The matter
1554-639: The successful action against the Japanese cruiser Haguro . In August, prior to the Japanese surrender , Volage prepared to support the planned landings in Malaya ( Operation Zipper ). Zipper was scaled down after the sudden surrender of Japan and the Volage was tasked under Operation Jurist to recapture Penang . She was part of the screen for capital ships of the East Indies Fleet sailing to Penang and later (31 August), she sailed from Trincomalee to join
1596-402: The surface. Volage approached to assist and take Saumarez in tow. After one failed attempt (the line parted) a new towline was secured and Volage proceeded to tow Saumarez at 15:30 (Leggett 1976:60–61). At 16:06 (or 16:15, according to Leggett), Volage struck a second mine. That mine was also later determined to be a German-manufactured EMC. Volage reportedly hit the mine head on; "In
1638-621: Was consequently nominated for service with the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean . She was refitted in Leith for foreign service and subsequently arrived at Trincomalee in February 1945. Towards the end of the month, on 24 September, Volage was part of the escort for aircraft carriers on an air photo-reconnaissance of the Malacca Straits . The opportunity was taken en route to bombard targets in
1680-540: Was under the command of Lt. Cdr. Archibald John Ramsay White (1910-1991). Between 1946 and 1949 Virago was part of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla , based in the Mediterranean. On 2 August 1946 the British oil tanker Empire Cross exploded, burned and sank in Haifa Roads , Palestine , killing 25 people. Virago and Venus took part in the rescue of survivors. Venus and Virago had been dropping depth charges in
1722-701: Was unscathed). These were the only casualties on board Virago during the entire war. Virago subsequently participated in preparations for Operation Zipper (the invasion of Malaya) in July/August 1945, and its eventual execution as a reoccupation manoeuvre in September 1945 following the surrender of Japan. Based in Hong Kong with the British Pacific Fleet after VJ day, Virago returned to Chatham, Kent in December 1945. Throughout her wartime commission, Virago
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1764-522: Was used to scuttle the forward half of the wreck of Ohio , the tanker which had played a pivotal role in the Siege of Malta . Between 1949 and 1951 she was held in reserve at Chatham Dockyard. Between 1951 and 1953 she was converted to a Type 15 frigate at Chatham Dockyard. On re-commissioning in 1953 she became part of the 6th Frigate Squadron and in that year took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate
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