HMS Edinburgh's movements April - October 1941

15 April
Edinburgh anchored in Scapa Flow at 2105, having come from Gibraltar.
16-18 "
At Scapa Flow. (I joined on the 16th from the transit ship Dunluce Castle).
19 "
Left SF for a minelaying operation in the Denmark Strait.
27 "
Arrived Reykjavik 0635.
28 "
Left Reykjavik.
29 "
Arrived Scapa Flow 1814.
30 April-4 May
At Scapa Flow.
5 May
At Scapa Flow.Left SF for Operation EB - capture of the weather ship Muenchen, which occurred on 7 May in position 67° 12'N 3° 36'W.
10 May
At Scapa Flow.Arrived Scapa Flow 2009.
11-13 May
At Scapa Flow.At Scapa Flow.
14 May
At Scapa Flow.At sea, exercising guns.
15 "
At Scapa Flow.Back at Scapa Flow 1830.
16 "
At Scapa Flow.At sea, exercising guns.
17 "
At Scapa Flow.Back at SF 0146.
18 "
At Scapa Flow.Left SF, headed south.
19-27 May
At Scapa Flow.At sea. At 1450 on 22 May intercepted German blockade runner Lech in position 44° 57'N 21° 54W. Took part in Bismarck hunt.
28 May
At Scapa Flow.Arrived Londonderry 1559. At 2030 Captain Faulkner joined to take command from Commodore Blackman. 2259 left Londonderry.
29 "
At Scapa Flow.Arrived Scapa Flow 1433.
30-31 "
At Scapa Flow.At SF.
1 June
At Scapa Flow.Left SF 1124, headed north.
2-11 "
At Scapa Flow.At sea in northern waters.
12 "
At Scapa Flow.Arrived Hvalfjord (Iceland) 0005.
13-14 "
At Scapa Flow.At Hvalfjord.
15 June
At Scapa Flow.Left Hvalfjord 2121.
16-17 "
At Scapa Flow.At sea.
18 "
At Scapa Flow.Arrived Scapa Flow 1844.
19-22 "
At Scapa Flow.At SF.
23 "
At Scapa Flow.Left SF for torpedo firing exercises 0616. Back in SF 1915.
24 "
At Scapa Flow.Left SF to-exercise guns 0922. Back in SF 1410.
25 "
At Scapa Flow.Left SF, headed south.
26 "
At Scapa Flow.Arrived Greenock 1520.
27-28 "
At Scapa Flow.At Greenock.
29 "
At Scapa Flow.Left Greenock 0258, headed south.
30 June - 9 July
At Scapa Flow.At sea, with convoy.
10 "
Arrived Gibraltar 1430.
11-19 July
At Gibraltar.
20 "
Left Gibraltar 0204 for Operation Substance (convoy to Malta).
24 "
Arrived Malta 1150. Left Malta 1713, headed west.
27 "
Arrived Gibraltar 0730.
28 July - 7 August
At Gibraltar.
8 August
Left Gib 0900 to relieve HMS London as ocean escort to convoy WS10 as far as Simonstown.
9 - 16 "
At sea.
17 August
Arrived Freetown 0730.
21 "
Left Freetown.
22 August - 1 September
At sea.
2 "
Arrived Simonstown 1350.

24 September
Left Gibraltar 1230 to RV with the Malta convoy.
28 "
Arrived Malta 1315. Left Malta 16300
1 October
Arrived Gibraltar, 0710.

Colin Kitching
November 1995