HMS Lookout (G32)

HMS "Lookout" was an L class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 4 November 1940 and broken up in 1948.

She was with the Home Fleet in March 1942 when the German battleship "Tirpitz" made ineffective attempts to intercept Arctic convoys (Operation Sportpalast). There were no surface actions. [ [http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_WWII_Atlantic/OOB_WWII_Tipitz_first_sortie.htm Order of Battle - Tirpitz Sortie against PQ12 and QP8 - 6-13 March 1942 ] ]

"Lookout" participated in the allied occupation of Madagascar. She joined her sisterships HMS "Lightning" and HMS "Laforey" at Durban on 22 April 1942 and they departed on April 28 1942, en route for Diégo Suarez (now Antsiranana), with invasion transports and escort. On May 7th, the three L class destroyers escorted HMS "Ramillies" to search for an enemy battleship and cruisers - none were found, but "Laforey" sank an enemy submarine. [ [http://freespace.virgin.net/e.gilroy/ironclad.html Operation Ironclad ] ]

In August 1942, "Lookout" was escorting the aircraft carrier HMS "Eagle" when she was torpedoed on 11th August and sank. "Lookout" helped to rescue the 927 survivors. [ [http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/maritime-1a.html Maritime Disasters of WWII 1942, 1943 ] ]

"Lookout" supported the allied landings at Salerno (Operation "Avalanche") in September 1943, shelling German gun positions in support of 56 Division. [ [http://www.btinternet.com/~oneofmany/html/landing_in_italy.html Landing_in_Italy ] ]

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