A.t.o.m. arrow1/1/2023 ![]() ![]() She rejoined the 16th Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich on 4 July, and was active on anti-invasion patrol and convoy defence duties off the east coast. The work involved improving her anti-aircraft defence capabilities. She then sailed to the Nore and on 26 June she was taken in hand for a refit at Sheerness. They returned to the UK where Arrow returned to her flotilla duties. Arrow continued to be deployed off Norway throughout June, and on 7 June she escorted a slow convoy of storeships from Harstad, with Stork and ten trawlers, as part of Operation Alphabet. The troops were taken to Harstad in preparation for their final evacuation from Norway. On 29 April she deployed with the destroyers Echo, Firedrake, Havelock and Vanoc to evacuate troops from Mo and Bodø. She rescued 80 survivors that day from Norwegian ships that had been sunk by German air attacks on ships carrying refugees to the Faroe Islands. She was back in service by 13 May and rejoined the Norwegian operations on 14 May. She returned to the United Kingdom on 27 April, escorted by Acheron and was taken in hand on 29 April by a commercial shipyard at Middlesbrough. Arrow suffered serious structural damage and had to be withdrawn from operational service. Arrow engaged the German trawler Schelswig ( Schiff 37), but was accidentally rammed by Birmingham during the action. They landed the troops and stores on 25 April and on 26 April sailed from Molde to engage enemy trawlers, disguised as Dutch but believed to be being deployed in advance of transports bringing enemy reinforcements. She sailed again on 24 April, in company with the cruisers Birmingham and York, and the destroyers Acheron and Griffin with more troops and stores for Åndalsnes. Once this had been carried out, she returned to Rosyth. She sailed with her sister, Acheron on 17 April and on 19 April she landed her troops and stores at Åndalsnes, rather than Namsos. She sailed to Rosyth and on 16 April she embarked troops and stores for Namsos, Norway. She was transferred to 12th Destroyer Flotilla with the Home Fleet in April, and tasked with supporting the military operations following on from the landings of Allied troops in Norway following the German invasion. These repairs lasted until March, and on 10 March she resumed her convoy defence duties in the English Channel and the Western Approaches. Arrow was detached on 30 January and returned to Devonport to undergo repairs to her machinery. She joined the flotilla on 10 January having completed her post refit trials, and the following day was, with her sisters Achates and Anthony, detached to escort the battleship Royal Sovereign part of the way on her journey to Halifax to cover the Atlantic convoys. These repairs lasted until December, and on her return to service in January Arrow was nominated to join the 16th Destroyer Flotilla at Portsmouth. She carried out these duties into October, and on 24 October put into Devonport Dockyard to undergo repairs to fix turbine defects. On the outbreak of the Second World War, Arrow was deployed at Portland with the 18th Destroyer Flotilla for anti-submarine patrol and convoy defence duties. She was adopted by the civil community of the Rural District of Blackwell, Derbyshire in February 1942 following a successful Warship Week National Savings Campaign. She was launched a year later on 22 August 1929 and was commissioned on 14 April 1930. She was laid down on 20 August 1928 at the yards of Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness, as Yard No 642. She served during the Second World War before being damaged while fighting a fire on an ammunition ship and written off in 1943.Īrrow was ordered on 6 March 1928 under the 1927 Naval Estimates. HMS Arrow was an A-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. ![]() ![]() On a Field Green two arrows Gold, feathered Red.Ĥ,800 nmi (8,900 km 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h 17 mph) Damaged on 4 August 1943 and written off as a constructive total loss ![]()
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