John Palmer Landon, RN
| Born | 6 Aug 1883 |
| Ranks
Retired: 31 Dec 1922 Decorations |
Warship Commands listed for John Palmer Landon, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Evadne (FY 009) | Capt. (Retd.) | Armed Yacht | 30 Jun 1940 | 11 Nov 1940 |
| HMS Corfu (F 86) | Capt. (Retd.) | Armed Merchant Cruiser | 9 Dec 1940 | 11 Nov 1942 |
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Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Corfu (F 86)
17 Jan 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
With the temporary repairs completed as much as was possible at Freetown, the damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Freetown for Lagos. This was the first trip in the long voyage to Calcutta where full repairs were to be made.
She was escorted by the sloop HMS Bridgewater (A/Cdr. (Retd.) H.F.G. Leftwich, RN). (1)
24 Jan 1941
Around 0845A/24, the damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) and her escort, the sloop HMS Bridgewater (A/Cdr. (Retd.) H.F.G. Leftwich, RN), arrived at Lagos from Freetown.
Before HMS Corfu would be able to continue additional temporary repairs were required. (1)
13 Feb 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1715A/13, the damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Lagos for Capetown. (2)
5 Mar 1941
Around 1000B/5, the damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Capetown from Lagos. Again further temporary repairs were to be undertaken before the ship would be able to continue on to Calcutta. (3)
10 Mar 1941
Around 1720B/10, the damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Capetown for Simonstown. (3)
11 Mar 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0645B/11, the damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Simonstown from Capetown. She was docked in the Selborne Graving Dock at the Simonstown Dockyard later the same day for additional temporary repairs. (3)
16 Mar 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
After having been undocked in the afternoon, around 1800B/16, the damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Simonstown for Durban where yet further temporary repairs were to be undertaken. (3)
20 Mar 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1845B/20, the damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Durban from Simonstown. (3)
25 Mar 1941
The damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) is docked at Durban.
[As no logs are available for the period of April to August 1941 the date the ship is undocked is currently not known to us.] (3)
1 Apr 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) is undocked. (4)
7 Apr 1941
The damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Durban for Kilindini / Mombasa. (5)
14 Apr 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
The damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Kilindini / Mombasa from Durban. (5)
15 Apr 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
The damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Kilindini / Mombasa for Colombo. (5)
23 Apr 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
The damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Colombo from Kilindini / Mombasa. (5)
29 Apr 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
The damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Colombo for Trincomalee. (5)
30 Apr 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
The damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Trincomalee from Colombo. (5)
2 May 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
The damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Trincomalee for Calcutta. (5)
7 May 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
The damaged armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Calcutta from Trincomalee.
At Calcutta is is finally taken in hand for full repairs. (5)
11 Sep 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
With her repairs completed and after compass adjustment trials, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Calcutta for Trincomalee. While en-route she was ordered to proceed to Calcutta instead. (6)
15 Sep 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1230E/15, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Colombo from Calcutta. (6)
3 Oct 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) conducted gunnery exercises off Colombo on completion of which she departed for 'Port T', Addu Atoll. (7)
5 Oct 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at 'Port T', Addu Atoll from Colombo. (7)
29 Nov 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed 'Port T', Addu Atoll for Colombo. (8)
1 Dec 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Colombo from 'Port T', Addu Atoll. (9)
13 Dec 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) conducted gunnery exercises and D/F calibration trials off Colombo. (9)
15 Dec 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1515EF/15, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Colombo for the Seychelles. (9)
20 Dec 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1730DE/20, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Port Victoria, Seychelles from Colombo.. (9)
20 Dec 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1115D/21, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Port Victoria, Seychelles for Kilindini / Mombasa. (9)
24 Dec 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1700C/24, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Kilindini / Mombasa from Port Victoria, Seychelles. (9)
28 Dec 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1130C/28, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Kilindini / Mombasa to make rendezvous with the troopship Dilwara (British, 11080 GRT, built 1936) and her current escort, HMS Cornwall (Capt. P.C.W. Manwaring, RN) (Capt. P.C.W. Manwaring, RN). (9)
1 Jan 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0930C/1, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) and the troopship Dilwara (British, 11080 GRT, built 1936) arrived at Kilindini / Mombasa.
They departed for Durban around 1730C/1. (10)
6 Jan 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1700C/6, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) and the troopship Dilwara (British, 11080 GRT, built 1936) arrived at Durban from Kilindini / Mombasa. (11)
13 Jan 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1445B/13, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Durban for escort duty with convoy WS 14.
[For more info on this convoy see the event ' Convoy WS 14 ' for 9 December 1941.] (11)
28 Jan 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1000EF/28, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Bombay with the 'Bombay Section' of convoy WS 14. (11)
3 Feb 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1445EF/3, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Bombay for Colombo. She was escorting the troop transport Reina del Pacifico (British, 17702 GRT, built 1931). (12)
6 Feb 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1100F/6, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) and the troop transport Reina del Pacifico (British, 17702 GRT, built 1931) arrived at Colombo from Bombay. (12)
7 Feb 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0700F/7, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Colombo for Bombay where she was to boiler clean and dock. (12)
9 Feb 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0700EF/9, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Bombay from Colombo. (13)
10 Feb 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) is docked at Bombay. (13)
12 Feb 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) is undocked. (13)
17 Feb 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1300EF/17, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Bombay for Corfu. (13)
19 Feb 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0730EF/19, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Cochin from Bombay. (13)
25 Feb 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Convoy C 3.
This convoy departed Cochin on 25 February 1942.
It was made up of the following merchant vessels; Cape Wrath (British, 4512 GRT, built 1940), Gleniffer (British, 9559 GRT, built 1919), Hadleigh (British, 5222 GRT, built 1930), Nigerstroom (Dutch, 4639 GRT, built 1939), Shillong (British, 5529 GRT, built 1939) and Sophocles (Norwegian, 5184 GRT, built 1939).
On departure from Cochin the convoy was escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) and the auxiliary patrol vessels HMIS Netravati (T/Lt. W.J. Newton, RINR) and HMIS Sonavati (T/Lt. G.W. Barnes, RINR).
Around 0200EF/26, HMIS Netravati parted company with the convoy.
Around 2010F/27, HMIS Sonavati parted company with the convoy.
Around 1745F/28, the convoy was dispersed in approximate position 00°40'N, 78°10'E. (12)
6 Mar 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0830EF/6, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Bombay with part of convoy DM 3. (14)
11 Mar 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1800EF/11, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Bombay for Aden. (14)
16 Mar 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0800C/16, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Aden from Bombay. (14)
18 Mar 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Convoy AJ 4.
This convoy departed Aden on 18 March 1942.
It was made up of the following troop transports; Orontes (British, 20097 GRT, built 1929, 3450 troops) and Westernland (Dutch, 16479 GRT, built 1918, 2866 troops).
The convoy was escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN).
The convoy arrived at Colombo on 25 March 1942. (15)
29 Mar 1942
Around 1600F/29, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Colombo for Bombay. (14)
1 Apr 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1045EF/1, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Bombay from Colombo. (16)
8 Apr 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Convoy BA 20.
This convoy departed Bombay on 8 April 1942.
It was made up of only one ship, the (troop) transport Talma (British, 10000 GRT, built 1923).
Escort was provided by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN).
The convoy arrived at Aden on 14 April 1942. (17)
15 Apr 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0630C/15, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Aden for Kilindini / Mombasa. She is escorting the troop transport Burma (British, 7821 GRT, built 1914, 508 military personnel and Italian evacuees). (17)
22 Apr 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1400C/22, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) and the troop transport Burma (British, 7821 GRT, built 1914, 508 military personnel and Italian evacuees) arrived at Kilindini / Mombasa from Aden. (17)
14 May 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Corfu arrived at Aden with the 'Aden Section' of convoy WS 17. (18)
15 May 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0915C/15, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Aden for Bombay. She is escorting the troop transport Dunera (British, 11162 GRT, built 1937). (18)
21 May 1942
Around 0900EF/21, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) and the troop transport Dunera (British, 11162 GRT, built 1937) arrived at Bombay from Aden. (19)
28 May 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1745EF/28, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Bombay for Kilindini / Mombasa. (18)
4 Jun 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1000C/4, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Kilindini / Mombasa from Bombay. (20)
23 Jun 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0845EF/23, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Bombay for Aden. (20)
30 Jun 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0800C/30, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Aden from Bombay. (20)
3 Jul 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1300C/3, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Aden for Bombay. She is escorting the troop transports Ascanius (British, 10048 GRT, built 1910) and Dohna (British, 8602 GRT, built 1926). (21)
9 Jul 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1000EF/9, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) and the troop transports Ascanius (British, 10048 GRT, built 1910) and Dohna (British, 8602 GRT, built 1926) arrived at Bombay from Aden.
Around 1700EF/9, HMS Corfu departed Bombay to make rendezvous with convoy CM 29.
[For more info on this convoy see the event ' Convoy CM 29 ' for 1 July 1942.] (21)
21 Jul 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1000EF/21, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Bombay with convoy CM 29B. (21)
28 Jul 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Convoy BA 29.
This convoy departed Bombay on 28 July 1942.
It was made up of the (troop) transports El Madina (British, 3962 GRT, built 1937) and Islami (British, 5879 GRT, built 1934).
The convoy was escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN).
The convoy arrived at Aden on 5 August 1942.
Escort was provided by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN). (22)
30 Jul 1942
Convoy WS 21.
This convoy was assembled off Oversay on 30 July 1942.
It was made up of the following (troop) transports; Antenor (British, 11174 GRT, built 1925), Aorangi (British, 17491 GRT, built 1924), Circassia (British, 11136 GRT, built 1937), Curacao (Dutch, 8269 GRT, built 1930), James Lykes (American, 6760 GRT, built 1940), Largs Bay (British, 14182 GRT, built 1921), Maloja (British, 20914 GRT, built 1923), Narkunda (British, 16227 GRT, built 1920), Rangitiki (British, 16698 GRT, built 1928), Samaria (British, 19597 GRT, built 1921), Tamaroa (British, 12405 GRT, built 1922) and Volendam (Dutch, 15434 GRT, built 1922).
On assembly the convoy was escorted by the heavy cruiser HMS Hawkins (Capt. G.A. French, RN), armed merchant cruiser HMS Ranpura (Capt.(Retd.) H.T.M. Pawsey, RN), destroyers HMS Keppel (Cdr. J.E. Broome, RN), HMS Salisbury (Lt.Cdr. H.M.R. Crichton, RN), HMS Petard (Lt.Cdr. M. Thornton, DSC, RN) and the escort destroyers HMS Bicester (Lt.Cdr. S.W.F. Bennetts, RN), HMS Bramham (Lt. E.F. Baines, RN), HMS Lamerton (Lt.Cdr. C.R. Purse, DSC, RN), HMS Ledbury (Lt.Cdr. R.P. Hill, RN) and HMS Wilton (Lt. A.P. Northey, RN) and HMS Catterick (Lt. A. Tyson, RN).
Around 0625A/31, in position 55°24'N, 11°55'W, in very thick fog, HMS Lamerton collided with the merchant vessel Almenara (British, 1851 GRT, built 1922) from convoy HG 86. HMS Lamerton was then detached to Liverpool where she was then taken in hand for repairs.
On 1 August 1942, HMS Bicester and HMS Ledbury fuelled from HMS Hawkins. Both destroyer again fuelled (topped off) from HMS Hawkins on 2 August.
Around 2100Z/1, in position 49°30'N, 20°50'W, HMS Petard and HMS Catterick were detached to the Azores to fuel.
Around 1830Z/2, HMS Bramham and HMS Wilton were detached to return to the U.K.
Around 0600Z/4, in position 37°32'N, 23°42'W, HMS Petard and HMS Catterick rejoined the convoy coming from the Azores.
Around 0800Z/4, in position 37°20'N, 23°35'W, HMS Keppel, HMS Salisbury, HMS Bicester and HMS Ledbury were detached to Gibraltar.
Around 1100Z/10, the destroyer HMS Velox (Lt. G.B. Barstow, RN) joined the convoy.
The convoy arrived at Freetown in the afternoon of 10 August 1942.
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The convoy departed Freetown on 15 August 1942.
The folling (troop) transports; Erria (British, 8786 GRT, built 1932), Lookout (Panamanian (former Danish Anna Maersk, 5339 GRT, built 1932) and Silverwalnut (British, 6770 GRT, built 1930) had joined the convoy which otherwise was made up of the same ships that had departed the U.K.
The convoy was now escorted by HMS Hawkins, HMS Petard and HMS Catterick.
Around 1330Z/18, in position 06°29'S, 13°28'W, the transports American Press (American, 6778 GRT, built 1941), China Mail (American, 8616 GRT, built 1942), joined the convoy coming from Ascension.
Around 1000Z/19, in position 10°37'S, 10°10'W, HMS Ranpura joined the convoy coming from Takoradi.
Around 0700Z/20, in position 12°38'S, 07°07'W, HMS Catterick parted company with the convoy to fuel at St. Helena. She rejoined the convoy around 0700Z/21 in position 16°30'S, 02°35'W.
Around 2359Z/20, in position 15°10'S, 04°30'W, the Erria parted company with the convoy to proceed to St. Helena.
Around 0700Z/21, in position 16°30'S, 02°35'W, HMS Petard parted company with the convoy to fuel at St. Helena. She rejoined the convoy around 0700Z/22 in position 19°15'S, 00°20'E.
Around 0800B/26, in position 33°45'S, 16°32'E, the 'Capetown Section', made up of the American Press, Antenor, Aorangi, China Mail, Curacoa, James Lykes, Lookout, Maloya and Silverwalnut parted company. They were escorted by HMS Hawkins, HMS Petard and HMS Catterick. The 'Capetown Section', including HMS Hawkins arrived at its destination around 1530B/27. HMS Petard and HMS Catterick continued on to Simonstown where they arrived later the same day. The remaining ships of the convoy formed the 'Durban Section'.
Around 15300B/26, in position 34°34'S, 17°31'E, the armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) joined the 'Durban Section' of the convoy.
Around 1000B/29, in position 33°03'S, 29°33'E, the corvettes HMS Amaranthus (T/Lt. W.S. Thomson, RNR) and HMS Thyme (Lt. H. Roach, RNR) joined the convoy.
The 'Durban Section' arrived at its destination around 0900C/30. HMS Corfu did not enter Durban but proceeded to East London where she arrived around 0900B/31. The corvettes also did not enter but proceeded westwards to make rendezvous with the 'Capetown Section' of the convoy.
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The 'Capetown Section' of the convoy, made up of the same ships that had arrived there but now joined by the transport Bantam (Dutch, 9312 GRT, built 1939) departed Capetown around 0930B/30. They were escorted by HMS Hawkins.
In the morning of 2 September HMS Amaranthus and HMS Thyme joined.
Around 1100C/3, the 'Durban Section' joined off the end of the Durban swept channel. The 'Durban Section' was made up of the Samaria and the Volendam. It was escorted by HMS Ranpura and HMS Petard. The corvettes then parted company.
Around 1100D/9, in position 14°09'S, 52°26'E, HMS Petard parted company to refuel at Diego Suarez. She rejoined around 1300D/10 in position 09°01'S, 52°23'E.
Around 1430D/10, the convoy was split up with convoy WS 21A proceeding towards Aden and convoy WS 21B proceeding towards Bombay / Persian Gulf.
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Convoy WS 21A was made up of the Aorangi, Bantam, James Lykes, Lookout, Samaria and Silverwalnut. Escort was HMS Ranpura and HMS Petard.
Around 0600D/15, the destroyer HMS Hero (Lt. W. Scott, RN) joined the convoy in position 12°30'N, 50°58'E.
Around 1900D/15, the destroyer escort HMS Tetcott (Lt.Cdr. H.R. Rycroft, RN) joined the convoy in position 12°18'N, 48°28'E.
Around 1200C/15, the convoy arrived at Aden.
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Convoy WS 21B was made up of the Antenor, Curacao and Majola for Bombay and the American Press and China Mail for the Persian Gulf. HMS Volendam which was to proceed to Kilindini / Mombasa, was also with this convoy. Convoy WS 21B was escorted by HMS Hawkins.
Around 0700D/11, the light cruiser HMS Enterprise (Capt. G.E.M. O’Donnell, DSO, RN) joined. HMS Hawkins and the Volendam then parted company and proceeded to Kilindini / Mombasa where they arrived around 0930C/13.
Around 1300EF/18, the American Press and China Mail parted company to proceed to the Persian Gulf. To escort them there the minesweeper HMIS Punjab (T/Lt. C.T. Hyde, RINVR) had just joined.
The remainder of convoy WS 21B arrived at Bombay around 1100FG on 19 September 1942. (23)
6 Aug 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0645C/6, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Aden for Kilindini / Mombasa. (24)
11 Aug 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0900C/11, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Kilindini / Mombasa from Aden. (24)
12 Aug 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1715C/12, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN), which was to proceed to the U.K. for a major refit, departed Kilindini / Mombasa for Capetown. (24)
19 Aug 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1130B/19, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN), arrived at Capetown from Kilindini / Mombasa. (24)
26 Aug 1942
Around 0900B/26, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Capetown for escort duty with convoy WS 21 coming from Freetown.
She joined this convoy around 15300B/26 in position 34°34'S, 17°31'E.
[For more info on this convoy see the event ' Convoy WS 21 ' for 30 July 1942.] (24)
31 Aug 1942
Around 0900B/31, HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at East London from convoy escort duty.
[No logs are available for HMS Corfu for the period of September 1942 to August 1943, so details for the period in between might be missing due to these logs not being available.] (24)
15 Sep 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed East London for Capetown. (5)
17 Sep 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Capetown from East London. (5)
18 Sep 1942
HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) departed Capetown escorting convoy CF 5.
[For more info on this convoy see the event ' Convoy CF 5 ' for 7 September 1942.] (5)
14 Oct 1942
HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived at Greenock from convoy escort duty.
She departed for Portsmouth later the same day taking passage in convoy WP 233. [No further details available on this convoy.] (5)
17 Oct 1942
HMS Corfu (Capt.(Retd.) J.P. Landon, RN) arrived Portsmouth from Greenock.
She was later taken in hand for refit at Southampton. (5)
Sources
- ADM 53/113966 + ADM 199/394
- ADM 53/113967
- ADM 53/113968
- Correspondence with Mr. Tomek Mazur (PL)
- ADM 199/2551
- ADM 53/113969
- ADM 53/113970
- ADM 53/113971
- ADM 53/113972
- ADM 53/115649 + ADM 199/426
- ADM 53/115649
- ADM 53/115650 + ADM 199/426
- ADM 53/115650
- ADM 53/115651
- ADM 53/115651 + ADM 199/426
- ADM 53/115652
- ADM 53/115652 + ADM 199/426
- ADM 53/115653 + ADM 199/426
- ADM 53/115653
- ADM 53/115654
- ADM 53/115655
- ADM 53/115655 + ADM 53/115656
- ADM 199/1211
- ADM 53/115656
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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