Appendix IV. Large collision & enemy action repairs carried out since September 1939

Appendix IV. Large collision & enemy action repairs carried out since September 1939

List of 68 vessels that were docked in Malta’s yards for repairs from September 1939: Chenonceaux, Franconia, Garland, Keppel, S.S Cornwall, Imperial, Decoy, Hotspur, Havock, Andromeda, Illustrious, Coral, Beryl, Essex, Ploughboy, Encounter, Medusa, Fermoy, Trusty Star, Sydney Star, City of Calcutta, Rowallan Castle, Aurora, Lance, Gloxinia, Beryl, Decoy, Girl Margaret, Robust, [indecipherable], Boxol, S.S. France, Badsworth, Matchless, Hebe, Coral, V.Y. Lighter, M/V Brisbane Star, Tanker Ohio, M/V Rochester Castle, Lance, Ancient, No.3 Caisson, Kingston, Derwent, No.2 Caisson, Bicester, Speedy, USS Swanson, Eskimo, Brissendon, Indomitable, Cleopatra, Newfoundland, USS Mayrant, USS Shubrick, USS Savannah, Boston, Warspite, Uganda, Delhi, Laforey, Linnet, Blankney, Ulster, Dido, USS Philadelphia, Abercrombie. Majority of the vessels were docked due to damage from collisions, torpedoes and bombs. Repairs were undertaken throughout the war until the last recorded vessel was completed in July 1945.

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[underlined] APPENDIX IV LARGE COLLISION & ENEMY ACTION REPAIRS CARRIED OUT SINCE SEPTEMBER. 1939. [/underlined]

[a] Vessel [b] Date taken in hand [c] Date docked and No. of dock [d] Date undocked [e] Date Completed

[a] Chanonceaux [b] 22.9.39. [c] No.5 – 25.10.39 [d] 31.1.40. [e] 31.1.40. Collision damage repairs.
[a] Franconia [b] 6.10.39. [c] F.D. – 9.10.39 [d] 14.10.39. [e] 15.11.39 Temporary repairs to collision damage.
[a] Garland [b] 11.10.39. [c] No.3 – 11.10.39 [d] 16.3.40. [e] 8.5.40. Depth Charge damage repairs.
[a] Keppel [b] 15.2.40 [c] No.2 – 17.2.40. [d] 30.3.40. [e] 15.4.40. Collision damage repairs.
[a] S.S. Cornwall [b] 4.9.40. [c] No.4 – 14.9.40. [d] 3.10.40. [e] 3.11.40. Bomb damage repairs.
[a] Imperial [b] 11.10.40. [c] No.2 -12.10.40. [d] 18.10.40. [e] 26.4.41. Mine damage repairs.
[c] No.3 – 21.10.40. [d] 3.3.41.
[c] No.2 – 3.3.41. [d] 25.3.41.
[a] Decpy [sic] [b] 29.11.40. [c] No.4 – 3.12.40. [d] 18.12.40. [e] 1.2.41. Bomb damage repairs.
[a] Hotspur [b] 29.11.40. [c] No. 4 – 3.12.40. [d] 18.12.40. [e] 19.2.41. Collision damage repairs.
[a] Havock [b] 23.12.40. [e] 8.2.41. Damage repairs.
[a] Andromeda [b] 2.1.41. [c] M.S. – 24.4.41. [d] 3.6.41. [e] 14.8.41. Damage repairs.

[a] Illustrious [b] 11.1.41. [e] 23.1.41. Bomb damage repairs.
[a] Coral [b] 15.1.41. [c] No.1 – 30.1.41. [d] 2.2.41. [e] 25.2.41. Damage repairs.
[a] Beryl [b] 21.1.41. [c] No.5 – 30.1.41 [d] 8.2.41. [e] 13.3.41. Damage repairs.
[a] Essex [b] 16.1.41. [c] No.4 – 18.3.41. [d] 2.4.41. [e] 13.4.43. Bomb damage repairs.
[a] Ploughboy [b] 3.3.41. [c] No.5 – 30.7.41. [d] 6.8.41. [e] 17.1.42. Damage repairs.
[a] Encounter [b] 21.4.41. [c] No.2 - 22.4.41. [d] 24.4.41. [e] 17.7.41. Bomb damage repairs.
[a] Medusa [b] 21.4.41. [c] No.5 – 10.5.41. [d] 17.5.41. [e] 10.6.41. Damage repairs.
[a] Fermoy [b] 21.4.41. [c] No.5 – 26.4.41. [d] Sunk in dock. [e] 19.6.41. (Breaking up) Taken in hand for damage repairs (vessel later broken up)
[a] Trusty Star [b] 27.5.41. [c] No.5 – 9.8.41. [d] 13.8.41. [e] 17.9.41. Damage repairs.
[a] Sydney Star [b] 24.7.41 [c] No.5 – 18.8.41. [d] 24.10.41. [e] 31.10.41. Bomb damage repairs.
[a] City of Calcutta [b] 20.10.41. [c] No.5 – 29.10.41. [d] 24.11.41. [e] 13.12.41. Damage repairs.
[a] Rowallan Castle [b] 20.10.41. [c] No.4 – 21.10.41. [d] 28.11.41. [e] 10.1.41. Damage repairs.
[c] No.5 – 5.12.41. Afloat [d] 27.12.41.
[a] Aurora [b] 21.10.41. [c] No.5 – 23.12.41. [d] 28.3.42. [e] 29.3.42 Damage repairs.
[a] Lance [b] 23.10.41. [c] No.2 – 25.2.42. [d] Sunk in dock April ’42. [e] – Bomb damage repairs.
[a] Gloxinia [b] 27.10.41. [c] No.2 – 2.1.42. [d] 5.1.42. [e] 6.1.42. Damage repairs.
[a] Beryl [b] 30.12.41. [e] 28.1.42. Damage repairs.
[a] Decoy [b] 19.12.41. [c] No.2 – 5.1.42. [d] 28.1.42. [e] 11.2.42. Collision damage repairs.
[a] Girl Margaret [b] 16.3.42. [c] No.1 – 7.7.42. [d] 18.7.42. [e] 8.1.43. Salvage reconstruction, etc. after fire damage.
[c] No 1 – 20.12.42. [d] 26.12.42.
[a] Robust [b] 3.4.42 [e] 13.6.42. Damage repairs.
[a] Swona [b] 6.4.42. [c] No.1 – 15.5.42. [d] 20.5.42. [e] 23.5.42. Damage repairs.

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[a] Boxol [b] 7.4.42. [e] 30.6.42. Damage repairs.
[a] S.S. Franco [b] 16.5.42. [c] No.1 – 21.5.42. [d] 30.5.42. [e] 10.7.42. Damage repairs.
[a] Badsworth [b] 16.6.42. [c] No.1 – 16.6.42. [d] 22.6.42. [e] 8.8.42. Damage repairs.
[a] Matchless [b] 16.6.42. [c] No.1 – 22.6.42. [d] 7.7.42. [e] 18.7.42. Mine damage repairs.
[a] Hebe [b] 17.6.42. [c] No.1 – 21.7.42. [d] 10.8.42. [e] 25.10.42. Mine damage. Permanent repairs. (Note: After undocking vessel required to service and taken in hand again 28.9.42 for completion of internal fittin[missing letter]
[a] Coral [b] 4.8.42 [c] No.3 – Previously sunk in dock. [d] 20.10.42. [e] 3.11.42. Extensive bomb damage whilst in No.3 Dock. Dock dry 4.8.42 after affecting temporary divers, etc. repairs to No.3 Caisson. Two parts made floatable, removed from dock and sunk.
[a] V.Y. Lighter ’X131’ [b] 5.8.42. [c] No.3 – – “ – [d] 20.10.42 [e] 2.11.42. Bomb damage whilst in No.3 dock. Permanent repairs for service at Malta.
[a] M/V ‘Brisbane Star’ [b] 5.8.42. [c] Work done afloat [e] 31.10.42. Torpedo damage. Temporary repairs for passage to U.K. (Understand Ship went to Australia before return to U.K.)
[a] Tanker “Ohio” [b] 15.8.42. [c] Work done afloat [e] 7.1.43. Torpedo and bomb damage. Fittings, machinery, etc. stripped and dismantled and vessel partly submerged berthed at Rinella.
[a] M/V ‘Rochester Castle’ [b] 15.8.42. [c] Work done afloat [e] 12.11.42. Torpedo damage. Temporary repairs for passage to U.K. (Understand Ship went to Australia before return to U.K.)
[a] Lance [b] 12.9.42. [c] No.2 – Previously sunk in dock. [d] 12.12.42. [e] 29.5.43. Extensive bomb damage whilst in No.2 dock. Dock dry 12.9.42 after affecting temporary divers, etc. repairs to No.2 Caisson, floated and redocked 29.10.42. Temporary repairs for passage to U.K.
[a] Ancient [b] 12.10.42. [c] No.1 – 14.10.42. [d] 22.10.42. [e] 23.1.43 Salvage and repairs to bomb damage. Permanent repairs for service at Malta.
[a] No. 3 Caisson [b] 16.12.42. [c] No.2 – 16.12.42. [d] 11.4.43. [e] 11.4.43 Repairs to bomb damage. Caisson largely rebuilt.
[a] Kingston [b] 22.1.43. [c] No.4 – Previously sunk in dock. [d] 16.4.43. [e] 24.5.43. Bombed and sunk whilst in No.4 dock. Dock dry 22.1.43 after affecting repairs to No.4 caisson. Salved and refloated in two parts. Fore part used as block ship, Aft part also sunk.
[a] Derwent [b] 25.4.43. [c] No.4 – 5.5.43. [d] 6.6.43. [e] 7.6.43. Torpedo damage. Temporary repairs for passage to Gibraltar.
[a] No.2 Caisson [b] 22.4.43. [c] No.3 – 22.4.43. [d] 22.5.43. [e] 22.5.43. Repairs to bomb damage.
[a] Bicester [b] 15.5.43. [c] No.2 – 23.5.43. [d] 9.6.43. [e] 10.6.43. Bomb damage rep [missing letters]. Temporary repairs for passage to U.K.
[a] Speedy [b] 15.5.43. [c] No.1 – 16.5.43. [d] 22.5.43. [e] 1.7.43. Mine damage repairs. Temporary repairs for passage to U.K.
[c] No.3 – 25.5.43. [d] 25.6.43.
[a] USS “SWANSON” [b] 10.7.43. [c] No.2 – 11.7.43. [d] 19.7.43. [e] 19.7.43. Collison damage repairs. Temporary repairs for passage to U.S.A.
[a] Eskimo [b] 12.7.43. [c] No.1 – 16.7.43. [d] 27.7.43. [e] 22.8.43. Bomb damage repairs. Temporary repairs for passage to U.K.
[a] Brissendon [b] 13.7.43. [c] No.3 – 13.7.43. [d] 24.7.43. [e] 31.7.43. Collison damage repairs. Temporary repairs for passage to another port in Mediterranean.
[a] Indomitable [b] 16.7.43. [c] Work done afloat [e] 25.7.43. Torpedo damage repairs. Temporary repairs for passage to Gibraltar for docking.
[a] Cleopat[missing letters] [b] 16.7.43. [c] No.4 – 19.7.43. [d] 25.7.43. [e] 7.10.43. Torpedo damage repairs. Temporary repairs for passage to U.S.A.
[c] No.5 – 25.7.43. [d] 7.10.43.

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[a] Newfoundland [b] 24.7.43. [c] No.4 – 25.7.43 [d] 7.8.43. [e] 7.8.43. Torpedo damage repairs. Temporary repairs for passage to U.S.A.
[a] USS “MAYRANT” [b] 11.8.43. [c] No.2 – 11.8.43. [d] 15.8.43. [e] 12.11.43. Bomb damage repairs. Temporary repairs for passage to U.S.A.
[c] No.2 – 23.9.43. [d] 9.11.43.
[a] USS “SHUBRICK” [b] 15.8.43. [c] No.2 – 15.8.43. [d] 22.9.43. [e] 24.9.43. Bomb damage repairs. Temporary repairs for passage to U.S.A.
[a] USS “SAVANNAH” [b] 13.9.43. [c] No.4 – 19.9.43. [d] 5.12.43. [e] 5.12.43. Bomb damage repairs. Temporary repairs for passage to U.S.A.
[a] Easton [b] 15.9.43. [c] No.1 – 15.9.43. [d] 17.10.43. [e] 17.10.43. Collision repairs. Temporary repairs for passage to Gibraltar.
[a] Warspite [b] 19.9.43. [c] Work done afloat [e] 22.10.43. Bomb damage repairs. Temporary repairs for passage to Gibraltar for docking.
[a] Uganda [b] 21.9.43. [c] Work done afloat [e] 24.9.43 Bomb damage repairs. Temporary repairs for passage to Gibraltar for docking.
[a] Delhi [b] 12.10.43. [c] Work done afloat [e] 2.11.43. Collision damage repairs. Permanent.
[a] Laforey [b] 9.11.43. [c] No.2 – 11.11.43. [d] 26.11.43. [e] 8.12.43. Double collision repairs. Permanent.
[a] Linnet [b] 10.12.43. [c] No.4 – 10.12.43. [d] 12.1.44. [e] 4.2.44. Torpedo damage repairs.
[a] Blankney [b] 23.12.43. [c] No.1 – 23.12.43. [d] 18.1:44. [e] 5.2.44. Collison damage repairs. Permanent.
[a] Ulster [b] 19.2.44. [c] No.2 – 21.2.44. [d] 10.5.44. [e] 21.3.44. Hull damage due to bumping on fenders in bad weather – Semi permanent.
[a] Dido [b] 25.2.44. [c] No.5 – 29.2.44. [d] 22.3.44. [e] 29.3.44. Collision damage – Permanent. repairs.
[a] USS “PHILADELPHIA” [b] 25.6.44. [c] No.4 – 28.5.44. [d] 24.7.44. [e] 28.7.44. Collision damage repairs – Permanent.
[a] Abercrombie [b] 21.8.44. [c] No.4 – 24.8.44. [d] 6.4.45. [e] 7.7.45. Mine damage repairs – Permanent.