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15 May 1940

United Kingdom
  • HMS Acasta completed escorting the badly damaged light cruiser HMS Penelope to the Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Acasta | Clyde, Scotland | CPC]
31 May 1940

United Kingdom
  • HMS Acasta, HMS Ardent, HMS Acheron, HMS Highlander, and HMS Diana escorted aircraft carriers HMS Ark Royal and HMS Glorious from the Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom to the Norwegian coast to carry out air operations in support of the evacuation of Allied forces from Norway during Operation Alphabet. ww2dbase [Invasion of Denmark and Norway | Ark Royal | Glorious | Acasta | Clyde, Scotland | CPC]
8 Feb 1943

Photo(s) dated 8 Feb 1943
Firebrand IV aircraft aboard HMS Illustrious on the Clyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, 8-9 Feb 1943, photo 4 of 10Firebrand IV aircraft aboard HMS Illustrious on the Clyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, 8-9 Feb 1943, photo 7 of 10Firebrand IV aircraft aboard HMS Illustrious on the Clyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, 8-9 Feb 1943, photo 8 of 10Firebrand IV aircraft aboard HMS Illustrious on the Clyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, 8-9 Feb 1943, photo 3 of 10
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3 Feb 1945

United Kingdom
11 Mar 1945

United Kingdom
16 Apr 1945

United Kingdom
8 May 1945

United Kingdom
12 May 1945

United Kingdom
30 May 1945

United Kingdom
  • Allied convoy RA-67, the last returning Allied arctic convoy, arrived at Clyde, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Clyde, Scotland | CPC]
20 Oct 1945

United Kingdom
  • HMS Activity was decommissioned from service upon arriving at the Clyde, Scotland, United Kingdom with former prisoners of war from Singapore. ww2dbase [Activity | Clyde, Scotland | CPC]

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Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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