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Merchant ship jervis bay. HMS Jervis Bay escorted convoys from Bermuda to Halifax Nova Scotia Canada. Jervis Bay - The true story of a heroic ship that inspired Alistair MacLeans novel HMS. Under the command of Captain Edward Steven Fogarty Fegan.

Convoy HX-84 cleared Halifax late Oct. When war broke out the Royal Navy converted the 14000-ton ship to an armed merchant cruiser fitted with seven antiquated six-inch guns. 38 ships with only two destroyers which would turn back shortly and the armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay for protectionsteamed at an agonizingly slow eight knots for faraway Liverpool.

HMS Jervis Bay 80th Anniversary Nov5 1940-2020. In November 1940 the Jervis Bay was the sole escort for thirty-seven freighters moving from Halifax to Britain. She was built for the Australian Shipping Commission later the Australian National Line as a roll-on roll-off vehicle ferry to service the Bass Strait run.

After conversion to an armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay was escorting Convoy HGX84 on November 5 1940 when the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer came into view. Commanding the 10052-ton Beaverford was a short stocky Scotsman Capt. The convoy Commodore was Rear Admiral H.

HX 051 - from Halifax itself. While in command of HMS Jervis Bay in November 1940 she was proceeding from the United States to Europe as the sole escort of a convoy of 31 merchant ships. The captain of Jervis Bay did his duty and defended the convoy to the last.

She was launched on. Her 6 guns were old and adequate only for close range battles with similar. Jervis Bay ww2 atlantic ship convoy convoys.