Cruise of the Special Service Squadron

Cruise of the Special Service Squadron

In 1923-24, HMS Hood and the Special Service Squadron sailed around the world on The Empire Cruise, visiting many ports of call in the countries which had fought together during the First World War. The Squadron departed Devonport on 27 November 1923 and headed for Sierra Leone.[1] The fleet would separate at various points of the cruise with the battleships passing through the Panama Canal, while some destroyers carried around Cape Horn.[1]

Cruise route

Contents

Ships involved

Battlecruiser HMS Hood at the Panama Canal Zone in July 1924
Taken by a plane from Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor, while Hood was off Honolulu, Hawaii, on 12 June 1924
HMS Repulse taken on the `Cruise`

Ports of call

Africa and the Indian Ocean

The fleet sailed from HMNB Devonport on 27 November 1923, and headed for Freetown, Sierra Leone. Where upon the fleet was greeted by the Governor of Sierra Leone. Food and provisions were taken aboard after the journey of 2805 miles.[1] The ships then sailed to Cape Town and arrived 22 December, adding a further 3,252 miles to the cruise distance. Some of the sailors and marines performed in a ceremonial march, to great fan fare.[1] The fleet sailed for a short visit to Mossell Bay, East London and Durban, where the fleet left South Africa on the 6th January 1924 for Zanzibar.[1] Upon port arrival in Zanzibar on 17 January the fleet was greeted by Sultan Khalifa Bin Harub, which now encompassed the regular ceremonial March Past. The total distance covered was 11,734 miles.[1]

Far East

The fleet arrived for the far east tour in Port Swettenham 4 February, where the ship fired a 17 gun salute for the Sultan. The fleet also incurred is first fatality when a seaman died of Malaria, a local funeral was arranged. 10 February marked the arrival of the fleet at the important British Naval Base at Singapore.[1] In the same year of the cruise Singapore had been approved by the British Government to become the major British base in the far east with massive investment.

Australia and New Zealand

Pacific

West coast of Canada and the USA

South America

East coast of Canada

Africa

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Fleet Route

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