Mohawk
HMS Mohawk (L-31/F-31/G-31) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston, Hampshire on 16 July 1936, launched on 5 October 1937.
Industrial difficulties delayed the completion of HMS Mohawk. Builder's trials were carried out but she was not ready for her crew until September 1938. Commissioned on 7 September 1938
After workups were completed, the destroyer sailed for Malta arriving there on 13th October.
January 1939 : Flotilla deployment at Malta in continuation. Took part in Mediterranean Fleet Spring exercise and visits programme.
February 1939: Passage to Gibraltar to take part in Mediterranean and Home Fleet joint annual Exercises
Nominated for Non-intervention Patrol duty
March 1939: On release from Fleet Exercises deployed off Spanish Mediterranean coast to enforce embargo on provision of support to belligerents in Spanish civil war.
23 March 1939: Rescued five German airmen from crashed seaplane off Barcelona.
Passage to Malta on release from patrol
Mohawk served on convoy duties in the North Sea, and with the 14th Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean where she participated in the Battle of Calabria in July 1940 and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. Mohawk was struck by two torpedoes fired by the Italian Navigatori class destroyer Tarigo as she attacked an Italian convoy and sank off the Kerkennah Islands in eastern Tunisia on 16 April 1941 with the loss of 43 of her crew.
A brief history on her wartime service can be found at :
homepage.ntlworld.com/joe.artis/L31%20DESTROYER/L31%20Bri...
and
www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-34Tribal-Mohawk.htm
The photo was taken between September and December 1938 after which the L31 pennant number was changed to F31
Mohawk
HMS Mohawk (L-31/F-31/G-31) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston, Hampshire on 16 July 1936, launched on 5 October 1937.
Industrial difficulties delayed the completion of HMS Mohawk. Builder's trials were carried out but she was not ready for her crew until September 1938. Commissioned on 7 September 1938
After workups were completed, the destroyer sailed for Malta arriving there on 13th October.
January 1939 : Flotilla deployment at Malta in continuation. Took part in Mediterranean Fleet Spring exercise and visits programme.
February 1939: Passage to Gibraltar to take part in Mediterranean and Home Fleet joint annual Exercises
Nominated for Non-intervention Patrol duty
March 1939: On release from Fleet Exercises deployed off Spanish Mediterranean coast to enforce embargo on provision of support to belligerents in Spanish civil war.
23 March 1939: Rescued five German airmen from crashed seaplane off Barcelona.
Passage to Malta on release from patrol
Mohawk served on convoy duties in the North Sea, and with the 14th Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean where she participated in the Battle of Calabria in July 1940 and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. Mohawk was struck by two torpedoes fired by the Italian Navigatori class destroyer Tarigo as she attacked an Italian convoy and sank off the Kerkennah Islands in eastern Tunisia on 16 April 1941 with the loss of 43 of her crew.
A brief history on her wartime service can be found at :
homepage.ntlworld.com/joe.artis/L31%20DESTROYER/L31%20Bri...
and
www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-34Tribal-Mohawk.htm
The photo was taken between September and December 1938 after which the L31 pennant number was changed to F31