HMS Ilex
Log
| 27th June 1940 | Depth charged Italian submarine Console Generale Liuzzi along with Dainty, Decoy, Defender & HMAS Voyager. The submarine scuttled after sustaining damage off south east Crete. |
| 29th June |
Italian submarine Argonauta
was (possibly) sunk off the Libyan coast by Ilex,
Dainty, Decoy, Defender
& HMAS Voyager. Ilex & Dainty sank the Italian submarine Uebi Scebeli south west of Crete. |
| 19th July | Ilex along with HMAS Sydney, Hasty, Havock, Hero, Hyperion were sent into the Aegean to intercept 2 Italian cruisers. In the action the Bartolomeo Colleoni is stopped by gunfire & sunk by torpedoes from the destroyers. The other cruiser Giovanni delle Bande Nere escaped. |
| 17th August | Carried out bombardment of Italian positions around the fortress of Bardia.Other ships involved were - battleships Warspite, Malaya, Ramilles, heavy cruiser Kent, destroyers Mohawk, Nubian, Hyperion, Hostile, Hereward, Hero, Ilex, Diamond, Juno, HMAS Stuart, HMAS Waterhen, HMAS Vendetta. |
| 8th October | Took part in Operation MB 6 (see 'Operation'
page). On the return trip they were attacked by boats from the 1st Torpedo Boat Flotilla & the 11th Destroyer Flotilla. |
| 11th November | Took part in the attack on Taranto as escort to the Illustrious. |
| 20th March 1941 | Took part in the Battle of Matapan. |
| 14th June | Near missed by bombs from dive bombers during an operation to fend off Vichy French warships. Towed to Haifa for temporary repairs & sailed to the USA for a refit. |
| September 1942 | Recommissioned & worked from Freetown, Sierra Leone. |
| February 1943 | Returned to the Mediterranean. Took part in the Sicily & Salerno landings in July/August. |
| 13th July 1943 | Italian submarine Nereide was attacked & sunk by Ilex & Echo. |
| March 1945 | Towed to Malta for repairs but put on a caregory 'C' list & not required for active duty. |
References
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ilex_%28D61%29 | Wiki-Pedia |
| http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4413.html | U-boat.net |