CHAPTER XII

HOME WATERS AND THE ARCTIC

1st August - 31st December, 1942

 


FOOTNOTES

1. See p. 138.
2. See pp. 302-308.
3. See Churchill, Vol. IV, p. 239.
4. See Map 14.
5. It is interesting to record that the last appearance of the Ulm in this history was when, in April 1940, she had laid mines undetected on our east coast convoy routes. See Vol. I, p. 128.
6. See p. 136-145.
7. The Avenger's Hurricanes were of the earliest type (Mark I). Admiral Tovey represented to the Prime Minister and Sir Stafford Cripps that to use these old aircraft to defend merchantmen carrying much later types of Hurricane (Marks X or XI) to Russia was illogical. As a result improved types were sent to the carriers.
8. See Volume I, p. 477 regarding C.A.M. ships.
9. See p. 136-145.
10.
Only four of the sixteen Tribal-class destroyers now survived. The very heavy losses suffered by them, as by all the pre-war destroyer flotillas, can best be illustrated by tabulating the losses.
    Gurkha Sunk by enemy aircraft off Norway, 9th April 1940.
    Afridi Sunk by enemy aircraft off Norway, 3rd May 1940.
    Mohawk Torpedoed by Italian destroyer off North Africa, 16th April 1941 and sunk by our own forces.
    Mashona Sunk by enemy aircraft in the North Atlantic, 28th May 1941.
    Cossack Sunk west of Gibraltar, 27th October 1941, after being torpedoed by U-boat on the 23rd.
    Malabele Sunk by U-boat in Barents Sea, 17th January 1942.
    Maori Sunk by enemy aircraft in Malta, 12th February 1942.
    Punjabi Rammed and sunk by the King George V, 1st May 1942 during the passage of convoy PQ-15.
    Bedouin Sunk by enemy aircraft in the central Mediterranean, 15th June 1942.
    Sikh Sunk by shore battery fire off Tobruk, 14th September 1942.
    Zulu Sunk by enemy aircraft in eastern Mediterranean, 14th September 1942.
    Somali Torpedoed by U-boat in the Arctic, 20th September 1942, and sank whilst in tow on the 24th.
11. See Vol. I, p. 478.
12. See pp. 366-367.
13. See Vol. I, p. 476.
14. See Vol. I, pp. 288-289.
15. It is interesting to recall that the last destroyer to bear the name H.M.S. Onslow was commanded by Lieutenant-Commander J. C. Tovey, and fought with great distinction in the Battle of Jutland. See Corbett, Naval Operations, Vol. III (Longmans Green & Co.) Revised Edition, 1939, pp. 344, 357 and 363.
16. See Map 27.
17. See Map 27.
18. See Map 28.
19. See Map 28.
20. See Map 29.
21. Lieutenant-Commander Kinloch was promoted on New Year's Eve 1942, while the battle here described was in progress in the Arctic.
22. See Map 29.
23. See Map 29.
24. See Vol. I, pp. 194-195.


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