31-494: H14 may refer to: HMS Active (H14) , a British Royal Navy destroyer which saw service during World War II HMAS Stalwart (H14) , a Royal Australian Navy destroyer in service in the 1920s London Buses route H14 , a public transportation route in England [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
62-517: A mine in the North Sea near Smith's Knoll . The mine destroyed her stern structure, and she was towed to Great Yarmouth . She was under repair and survey until April 1944, when she was deemed beyond economical repair and was decommissioned. In May 1944, Worcester was selected for use as an accommodation ship in London upon completion of repairs and modification for her new role. In January 1945 she
93-718: A design speed of 35.25 knots (65.28 km/h; 40.56 mph), although 36.73 knots (68.02 km/h; 42.27 mph) were reached during trials in December 1929. Following commissioning, Active joined the Third Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Mediterranean Fleet , remaining in the Mediterranean other than for refits until 1939. On 4 April 1932, Active was involved in a collision with fellow A-class destroyer HMS Achates off Saint-Tropez , although damage
124-688: The English Channel and Southwestern Approaches , which she began in October 1939. She remained on these duties until May 1940, when the German invasion of the Netherlands , Belgium , Luxembourg , and France began and she came under the Commander-in-Chief, Dover to support the evacuation of Allied personnel from Europe as German ground forces advanced. On 24 May, she was assigned to Operation Dynamo ,
155-594: The Vichy French submarine Monge . Later while being based in Cape Town on 8 October she sank the German submarine U-179 en route to Penang . During the rest of the war the ship served as escort mainly between Great Britain and Sierra Leone after receiving increased anti-aircraft and anti-submarine armament. On 23 May 1943 she sank the Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci west of Cape Finisterre together with
186-684: The Western Approaches and with the Home Fleet . From November 1940 to March 1941 Active was refitted at Liverpool . After completing this refit, Active joined the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet, and in May 1941 the ship participated in the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck . In 1942 she participated in the Madagascar landings ( Operation Ironclad ) during which on 8 May she sank
217-553: The evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk , France, during which she made six trips to the Dunkirk beaches, transported a total of 4,350 troops to the United Kingdom, and suffered damage in a German air attack on 27 May 1940. Worcester was under repair during June 1940 – the month in which her pennant number was changed to I96 – but in July 1940 she returned to service with
248-519: The pennant number D96. After entering service with the fleet in 1922, Worcester saw service in the Atlantic Fleet and Mediterranean Fleet before being decommissioned , transferred to the Reserve Fleet , and placed in reserve at Portsmouth in the early 1930s. In 1939, Worcester was selected for recommissioning as the fleet mobilised because of deteriorating diplomatic relations between
279-522: The 16th Destroyer Flotilla, now based at Harwich , for convoy escort and patrol operations in the North Sea . In August 1940 she was transferred to Western Approaches Command for convoy defence duty in the Western Approaches , which she continued without major incident through the end of 1940. In January 1941, Worcester transferred back to the 16th Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich for more North Sea convoy escort and patrol work, this time with Whitshed and
310-460: The 21st Destroyer Flotilla to practise torpedo attacks against enemy ships when they received word on 12 February 1942 that the German ships were indeed steaming to Germany via the English Channel, Strait of Dover , and North Sea in what was to become known as the " Channel Dash ." The British ships were ordered to attack the German naval force. During her unsuccessful torpedo attack, Worcester
341-562: The French fleet in Mers El Kébir . On 31 July Active set out from Gibraltar as part of Force H for Operation Hurry in which the aircraft carrier Ark Royal 's aircraft attacked Cagliari in Italy as a diversion while the carrier Argus ferried 12 Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft to Malta. In August 1940, she returned to British waters, joining the 12th Destroyer Flotilla for operations in
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#1733085717969372-581: The North Sea along the east coast of Great Britain. Worcester , Mackay , and the Coastal Forces craft engaged E-boats of the German 4th Torpedo Boat Flotilla on 25 October 1943 off Cromer , preventing them from attacking the convoys; four of the E-boats did not return to base at IJmuiden in the Netherlands. Worcester continued her escort and interception operations until 23 December 1943 when she detonated
403-552: The United Kingdom and Nazi Germany . After the United Kingdom entered World War II on 3 September 1939, Worcester prepared for war service, recommissioning that month, taking aboard stores, and reporting for duty with the 16th Destroyer Flotilla – which also included the destroyer leader HMS Montrose and the destroyers HMS Venomous , HMS Veteran , HMS Verity , HMS Whitshed , HMS Wild Swan , and HMS Wivern – at Portsmouth for convoy escort and patrol operations in
434-567: The United Kingdom and the Kola Inlet in the Soviet Union . On 16 September, she deployed with Venomous , the destroyers HMS Amazon , HMS Bulldog , HMS Echo and HMS Windsor , and the escort destroyer HMS Cowdray for Operation Gearbox , in which the ships established a refuelling base at Lowe Sound on Spitsbergen for Allied escort ships on the Arctic run. With
465-599: The base established, Worcester departed Lowe Sound on 20 September with the destroyers HMS Fury and HMS Impulsive and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler RFA Oligarch to join Convoy QP 14 during its voyage from the Kola Inlet to Loch Ewe , Scotland . She detached from QP 14 on 26 September. Worcester remained with the Home Fleet through December 1942. That month, she deployed with Montrose and
496-652: The convoy; the two destroyers were unable to make contact with it. Unfortunately for the convoy, the E-boat had been serving as a decoy for the German 1st S-Boote (E-boat) Flotilla, which attacked the convoy when Worcester and Whitshed were too far away to intervene. The Germans penetrated the remaining escort – reduced to only the escort destroyer HMS Pytchley and the patrol sloop HMS Puffin – to sink two of FS 29 ' s merchant ships . Worcester continued her escort and patrol duties without significant incident until February 1942, when her flotilla
527-455: The destroyer leader HMS Mackay and destroyer HMS Walpole . In March 1941, she and Whitshed escorted Convoy FS 29 , which was steaming south along the east coast of Great Britain and came under German air attack on 6 March. On 7 March, she and Whitshed chased a German motor torpedo boat – an S-boat, known to the Allies as an " E-boat " – which had been detected near
558-619: The destroyers HMS Musketeer and HMS Raider , the Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Queenborough , and the Polish Navy destroyer ORP Piorun as the screen for the battleships HMS King George V and HMS Howe and the light cruiser HMS Bermuda as they provided cover for Convoy RA 51 as it steamed from the Kola Inlet to the United Kingdom in case German heavy warships attempted to interfere in its passage. In January 1943, Worcester
589-533: The frigate HMS Ness and on 2 November 1943 sank U-340 close to Tangier . In May 1947 Active was decommissioned and sold for scrap. HMS Worcester (D96) The eighth HMS Worcester (D96 , later I96) , was a Modified W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II . She later served as an accommodation ship as the second HMS Yeoman . Worcester
620-520: The same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=H14&oldid=1085847823 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages HMS Active (H14) HMS Active ,
651-635: The tenth Active , launched in 1929, was an A-class destroyer . She served in the Second World War , taking part in the sinking of four submarines. She was broken up in 1947. Active was ordered on 6 March 1928 as a part of the first class of destroyers for the Royal Navy to be built after the First World War . The ship was laid down on 10 July 1928 at Hawthorn Leslie in Hebburn, Newcastle upon Tyne ,
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#1733085717969682-555: The water. Her surviving crew managed to put out her fires, get back underway, and proceed to Parkeston Quay (Harwich) for repairs without the aid of tugs . Nominated for conversion to a Short-Range Escort, Worcester was under repair and conversion until August 1942. Returning to service in September 1942, she was assigned to the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands to support Arctic convoys during their voyages between
713-420: Was hit by 11-inch (280-mm) shells from the battlecruisers and 8-inch (203-mm) shells from Prinz Eugen , suffering 26 killed or mortally wounded and 45 injured. Most of the dead are buried side by side at Shotley Naval Cemetery, opposite Worcester's Harwich moorings. The German gunfire inflicted severe structural damage on Worcester , starting fires, flooding her No. 1 boiler room , and causing her to go dead in
744-407: Was initially fitted, although provision was made to fit one later, while anti-submarine armament consisted of three depth charge chutes with six depth charges carried. High speed minesweeping equipment was also fitted. The ship was powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines fed by three Admiralty 3-drum boilers. The machinery generated 34,000 shaft horsepower (25,000 kW), driving the ship to
775-523: Was launched on 9 July 1929 and commissioned on 9 February 1930 with the pennant number H14, being the first of the A class to be completed. Like the rest of the A class, Active had a main gun armament of four 4.7 in (120 mm) guns on low angle (30 degree) mounts that were only suitable for anti-ship use, and an anti-aircraft armament of two 2-pounder (40 mm) "pom-poms" . Eight 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes were carried on two quadruple mounts, with Mark V torpedoes carried. No sonar set
806-568: Was limited. Active patrolled off the coast of Palestine in response to the Arab revolt in June 1936, and following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War , patrolled off Spain from September 1936 to January 1937. On 16 February 1937, Active collided with the destroyer HMS Worcester following failure of Active ' s steering gear at high speed. This time damage was more severe, and Active
837-526: Was ordered in April 1918 as part of the 13th Order of the 1917-1918 Naval Programme. She was laid down on 20 December 1918 by J. Samuel White at Cowes , Isle of Wight , and launched on 24 October 1919. After launching, she was transferred to the Royal Navy Dockyard at Portsmouth for fitting out , and was completed there on 20 September 1922. She was commissioned into service the same day with
868-557: Was put on alert for the possibility that the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen would attempt a breakout from Brest in German-occupied France to move to a port in Germany. In preparation for opposing such a breakout, Worcester , Mackay , Walpole , and Whitshed were conducting exercises with the destroyer leader HMS Campbell and destroyer HMS Vivacious of
899-683: Was released from duty with the Home Fleet. She returned to the 16th Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich and in February 1943 resumed operations in the North Sea, escorting convoys and conducting interception patrols targeting German E-boats before they could launch attacks against Allied convoys. On 24 October 1943, she deployed off Norfolk , England , with Mackay and small craft of the Royal Navy Coastal Forces to intercept E-boats thought to be gathering for an attack on Convoys FN 1160 and FS 1164 , steaming northbound and southbound, respectively, in
930-495: Was towed to London, and after local preparation for use as an accommodation ship, was recommissioned with the new name HMS Yeoman , the second Royal Navy ship of the name, in June 1945. She remained in service as such after the surrender of Japan brought World War II to an end in August 1945. Yeoman remained in use as an accommodation ship until placed on the disposal list in 1946. She was sold for scrapping on 17 September 1946 to
961-780: Was under repair at Malta until June that year, when the ship joined the Second Destroyer Flotilla . Active served with the Second Flotilla until October 1938, when she went into reserve at Malta. Active recommissioned as a tender to Cormorant , the receiving ship at Gibraltar . At the beginning of the Second World War she joined the 13th Destroyer Flotilla based in Gibraltar and in June 1940 joined Force H . As such she took part in Operation Catapult against