|
Date of Arrival |
Place |
Date of Departure |
Orders, Remarks etc |
|
In Jan 1943 HUSSAR
escorted Convoys KMS7 and
UGS4
(American) within the Med. |
|
22.1.43 |
Bone |
25.1.43 |
|
|
27.1.43 |
Gibraltar |
? |
|
|
After a spell with
MKS7 in February she carried out an A/S sweep into the Atlantic
before re‑entering the Med for convoys GUS5, UGF6 and
RS4. |
|
3.2.43 |
Oran |
6.2.43 |
|
|
12.2.43 |
Gibraltar |
? |
|
|
15.2.43 |
Gibraltar |
16.2.43 |
|
|
? |
Gibraltar |
11.3.43 |
|
|
12.3.43 |
Oran |
13.3.43 |
|
|
19.3.43 |
Oran |
24.3.43 |
|
|
23.3.43 |
Gibraltar |
? |
|
|
27.3.43 |
Oran |
28.3.43 |
|
|
28.3.43 |
Oran |
? |
|
|
29.3.43 |
Gibraltar |
14.4.43 |
Maintenance at Gibraltar
between 30 March and 7 April |
|
22.4.43 |
Gibraltar |
26.4.43 |
|
|
30.4.43 |
Bone |
30.4.43 |
|
|
2.5.43 |
Algiers |
2.5.43 |
|
|
3.5.43 |
Bone |
? |
|
|
9.5.43 |
Gibraltar |
9.5.43 |
|
|
11.5.43 |
Algiers |
15.5.43 |
|
|
By mid May the Admiralty
was calling for HUSSAR and SPEEDWELL to be sailed home |
|
23.5.43 |
Bizerta |
23.5.43 |
HUSSAR was attached to
the Algerine 12th MSF which joined forces for the Bangor
13th MSF at Bizerta to begin Operation Antidote – the
clearing of the passage through the Galita and Sicilian Channels as
far as Tripoli. |
|
26.5.43 |
Bizerta |
28.5.43 |
|
|
2.6.43 |
Bone |
3.6.43 |
|
|
5.6.43 |
Algiers |
5.6.43 |
|
|
8.6.43 |
Gibraltar |
? |
|
|
20.6.43 |
Londonderry |
22.6.43 |
|
|
24.6.43 |
Humber |
11.8.43 |
26/6 HUSSAR taken in
hand Humber Shipwrights Hull, completion 6/8 |
|
12.8.43 |
Scapa |
? |
|
|
? |
Humber |
16.8.43 |
|
|
17.8.43 |
Scapa |
26.8.43 |
|
|
27.8.43 |
Londonderry |
3.9.43 |
|
|
4.9.43 |
Scapa |
12.9.43 |
|
|
14.9.43 |
Leading Supply
Assistant John Mackenzie MacDonald D/MX72596 died, age 33 |
|
15.9.43 |
Seidisfiord |
21.9.43 |
|
|
28.9.43 |
(?) |
2.10.43 |
|
|
7.10.43 |
Seidisfiord |
9.10.43 |
|
|
12.10.43 |
Seidisfiord |
18.10.43 |
|
|
25.10.43 |
Scapa |
? |
|
|
? |
Aberdeen |
8.11.43 |
|
|
8.11.43 |
Scapa |
? |
|
|
14.11.43 |
Aultbea |
15.11.43 |
|
|
15.11.43 |
At sea |
24.11.43 |
HUSSAR formed part of
Ocean escort for JW54A (19 ships) which left Loch Ewe 15/11
and arrived at the Kola Inlet on 24/11 without detection by the
enemy. Local eastern escort included Seagull 24/11 to 26/11. |
|
26.11.43 |
At sea |
28.11.43 |
HUSSAR and Seagull
formed part of the local eastern escort to RA54B (10 ships)
26/11 to 28/11. Harrier formed part of Ocean escort from 27/11 to
9/12. The convoy arrived Loch Ewe on 9/12 undetected after a passage
in very poor weather. |
|
29.11.43 |
Kola Inlet |
15.12.43 |
|
|
? |
Dvina Bar |
17.12.43 |
|
|
20.12.43 |
At sea |
|
HUSSAR part of eastern
local escort to JW55A (which included Speedwell). |
|
23.12.43 |
Dvina Bar |
28.12.43 |
|
|
28.12.43 |
At sea |
30.12.43 |
Eastern local escort to
JW55B from 28/12 to 30/12 included Halcyon and HUSSAR. |
|
31.12.43 |
Dvina Bar |
? |
|
|
31.12.43 |
At sea |
1.1.44 |
Halcyon, HUSSAR and
Speedwell provided local eastern escort to RA55B (8 ships).
|
