HMS Berwick late 1944.
Career
Built By:	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland)
Laid down:	15 September 1924
Launched:	30 March 1926
Commissioned:	12 July 1927
Paid off:	1946
Fate:	Scrapped, she was allocated to British Iron and Steel Corporation for scrapping on 15 June 1948 and arrived at Hughes Bolkow, Blyth, on 12 July for breaking up.
Penant:	65
General Characteristics
Type:	Heavy Cruiser
Displacement:	9,750 tons standard; 13,450 tons full load. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links RN-White-Ensign. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 30 is Martines birthday of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Blyth is the name of more than one place. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ...
Length:	630 ft (192 m)
Beam:	68.25 ft (20.8 m)
Draught:	16.25 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion:	4 shaft Brown Curtis geared turbines, 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 80,000 shp.
Speed:	31.5 knots
Range:	4 989 km (3,100 miles) at 31.5 knots, 21 404 km (13,300 miles) at 12 knots ; 3,400 tons fuel oil
Complement:	700
Armament:	Original configuration: 4 x 8 in (203 mm) dual guns, 4 x 4 in (102 mm) single AA guns, 2 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms quad guns, 2 x 0.5 in MG quadruple guns. 2 x 21 in (533 mm) quad Torpedo Tubes. 1938 - 1941 configuration: 4 x 8 in (203 mm) dual guns, 4 x 4 in (102 mm) dual AA guns, 2 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms eight barrel guns, 2 x 0.5 in MG quadruple guns. 1941 - 1945 configuration: 4 x 8 in (203 mm) dual guns, 4 x 4 in (102 mm) dual AA guns, 2 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms eight barrel guns, 2 x 20 mm (0.8 in) single guns, 7 x 20 mm (0.8 in) dual guns,
Armour:	Original configuration: 1 to 4 in magazine box protection, 1.375 in deck, 1 in side-plating,turrets and bulkheads, 4.5 in belt, 4 internal boiler room sides (added 1936-1940).
Aircraft:	Original configuration: 3 aircraft with 1 catapult, removed in 1942

HMS Berwick (65) was the Kent class cruiser for the Royal Navy. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland), with the keel being laid down on the 15 September 1924. She was launched on the 30 March 1926, and commissioned 12 July 1927. The County class were the first and last heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy, being built in four sub-classes, that became known as the Kent, London, Norfolk and York classes. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 30 is Martines birthday of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

History

Berwick when completed was sent to the China Station, where she remained until a temporary detachment to the Mediterranean in 1936. After reconstruction in 1937 to 1938, the ship served on the America and West Indies Station with the 8th Cruiser Squadron until 1939. When World War II started, she served on ocean convoy escort duties, then formed part of Force "F" (with York) when hunting groups were formed to find the German raiders. She did not make contact with any raider, but intercepted the mercantile blockade runners Wolfsburg and Uruguay in the Denmark Straits during March 1940. The Mediterranean region. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... America is usually meant as either: The Americas, the lands between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, usually subdivided into: North America South America The United States of America In the United States and other parts of the world (particularly English-speaking nations), America is used almost exclusively to refer to... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as... HMS York (90), launched in 1928, was a County class cruiser. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

On 9 April 1940 she participated in the Norwegian campaign. On completion of naval operations off Norway, was allocated to Force "H" at Gibraltar arriving on 7 November. On 11 November 1940, Berwick escorted the carrier Illustrious in the succesful raid against the Italian battle fleet in Taranto harbor. Later that month she also escorted convoys between Egypt and Greece. April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The fourth HMS Illustrious (R87) of the Royal Navy was an aircraft carrier, arguably the one with the most distinguished and vital career of this proud lineage. ...

On 24 November 1940 Berwick had received orders to go to Freetown, escorting carrier Formidable with sistership Norfolk where they would form into Force "K" to hunt for the German heavy cruiser [[Admiral Scheer]], but on the 27 November those orders were amended to allocate her to convoy escorts in the North Atlantic. While on passage to Gibraltar, an Italian Squadron comprising the battleships [[Vittorio Veneto]] and [[Andrea Doria]] attempted engaging the British, resulting in the Battle of Capo Teulada. In the course of the balistic contact, at 1222 hrs Berwick sustained a 203-mm (8") hit on "X" turret, with 7 dead and 9 wounded, and another at 1235 hrs, probably another 203 mm, which exploded in the Officer's quarters. November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Freetown, population 1,070,200 (2004), is the largest city and capital of Sierra Leone, lying on the Freetown Peninsula on the Atlantic coast. ... HMS Formidable was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy during World War II. Categories: Stub | Illustrious class aircraft carriers ... A long absence of a Norfolk in the Royal Navy was finally ended in the commissioning of County-class heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk (78), which displaced 10,035 tons. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... For other uses, see Atlantic (disambiguation) The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ...

On 25 December 1940, Berwick formed apart of the escort to convoy WS.5a, a troop convoy to the Middle East, but became under attack from the German heavy cruiser [[Admiral Hipper]] off the Canaries. Berwick engaged the attacker but got the worse of the encounter, sustaining a fair amount of damage. She had to returned to Britian for repairs, which lasted until June 1941. December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Missing image image:ccaa-canary. ... The word Britain is used to refer to the United Kingdom (UK): i. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

When repaired Berwick joined the Home Fleet and for the remainder of her wartime career she was escorting convoys to North Russia and operating in the northern North Sea. In February 1942 she was escorting the carriers which attacked the German battleship [[Tirpitz]] in her anchorage at Altenfjord. She escorted two more carrier against the [[Tirpitz]] in 1944 and again in 1945. Berwick's last role was to escort carriers that were raiding the Norwegian coast in 1945 The Home Fleet is the traditional name of the fleet of the Royal Navy that protects the United Kingdoms territorial waters. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... This article is about the year. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

After the war she was allocated to BISCO for scrapping on 15 June 1948 and arrived at Hughes Bolkow, Blyth, on 12 July for breaking up. British Steel is a large British steel producer, privatised in 1988 under the Thatcher government. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ...

See HMS Berwick for other ships of the name.