Frank Bridger Gibbs, RN
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| Died | Dec 1941 | HMS H 31 | |
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| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS H 31 (N 31) | Lt. | Submarine | 11 Aug 1941 | Dec 1941 |
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Submarine HMS H 31 (N 31)
11 Aug 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 31 (Lt. R.J. Hemingway, DSC, RN) arrived at Rothesay. (1)
15 Aug 1941
HMS H 31 (Lt. F.B. Gibbs, RN) departed Rothesay for Blyth. She was escorted by HrMs Z 5 (Lt. J.J. Steensma, RNN). (1)
18 Aug 1941
HMS H 31 (Lt. F.B. Gibbs, RN) and her escort, the Dutch torpedo boat HrMs Z 5 (Lt. J.J. Steensma, RNN), both arrived at Blyth (1)
21 Aug 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 31 (Lt. F.B. Gibbs, RN) and her escort, the Dutch torpedo boat HrMs Z 5 (Lt. J.J. Steensma, RNN), both departed Blyth for Sheerness. They were to proceed behind convoy FS 73. (1)
22 Aug 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 31 (Lt. F.B. Gibbs, RN) and her escort, the Dutch torpedo boat HrMs Z 5 (Lt. J.J. Steensma, RNN), were ordered to proceed to the Humber where they arried early in the night.
H 31 and HrMs Z 5 departed later the same day for Sheerness and were ordered to proceed astern of convoy FS 74. (1)
23 Aug 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 31 (Lt. F.B. Gibbs, RN) and her escort, the Dutch torpedo boat HrMs Z 5 (Lt. J.J. Steensma, RNN), arrived at Sheerness roads. (1)
24 Aug 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 31 (Lt. F.B. Gibbs, RN) shifted to the Sheerness Dockyard where she was taken in hand for refit. (1)
22 Oct 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 31 (Lt. F.B. Gibbs, RN) departed Sheerness for Rothesay. She was escorted until 2120 hours by HMS Cottesmore (Lt.Cdr. J.C.A. Ingram, RN).
At 0745/25 H 31 made rendez-vous with HMS La Capricieuse (Lt.Cdr. G.W. Dobson, RNR) for onwards passage to Rothesay under escort. (2)
27 Oct 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 31 (Lt. F.B. Gibbs, RN) arrived at Rothesay. (2)
30 Oct 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 31 (Lt. F.B. Gibbs, RN) conducted torpedo firing trials in the Clyde area. (2)
1 Nov 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 31 (Lt. F.B. Gibbs, RN) shifted from Rothesay to Campbeltown from where she was to participate in A/S exercises.
[No logs are available for HMS H 31 after October 1941 so no further details then given her are currently known to us.] (3)
30 Nov 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 31 (Lt. F.B. Gibbs, RN) shifted from Campbeltown to Rothesay. (4)
Sources
- ADM 173/16732
- ADM 173/16734
- ADM 199/1907
- ADM 53/114023
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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