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{{short description|A-class destroyer}}
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|Ship class={{sclass2|A|destroyer|||1929}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1350|LT|t}} ([[Standard displacement|standard]])
*{{convert|1773|LT|t}} ([[deep load]])
|Ship length={{convert|323|ft|m|abbr=on}} ([[Length overall|o/a]])
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|Ship complement=134; 140 (1940)
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*2 × single [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|2-pdr (40&nbsp;mm)]] [[AA gun]]s
*2 × quadruple [[British 21-inch torpedo|21&nbsp;in (533&nbsp;mm)]] [[torpedo tubes]]
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'''HMS ''Arrow''''' was an {{sclass2|A|destroyer (1929)|0}} [[destroyer]] of the [[Royal Navy]], built by [[Vickers-Armstrongs]] at their [[Barrow-in-Furness]] between 1928 and 1930, being launched on 22 August 1929. ''Arrow'' served in the [[Mediterranean Fleet]] in the 1930s, rescuing refugees and taking part in neutrality patrols during the [[Spanish Civil War]].

''Arrow'' served during the [[Second World War]] before being damaged while fighting a fire on an ammunition ship and written off in 1943.

==Construction and commissioning==
''Arrow'' was ordered on 6 March 1928 under the [[1927 Naval Estimates]].{{sfn|English|1993|pp=13, 15}} She was laid down on 20 August 1928 at the yards of [[Vickers-Armstrongs]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]],{{sfn|English|1993|p=15}}{{sfn|Friedman|2009|p=314}} as Yard No 642.<ref name="Career"/> She was launched on 22 August 1929,{{sfn|English|1993|p=15}}{{sfn|Friedman|2009|p=314}} reaching a speed of {{convert|36.7|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} during a six-hour run during [[sea trials]].<ref>{{cite newspaper |title=New Destroyer's Sea Trials: Endurance Tests of Speed and Power |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=2 April 1930 |issue=45477 |page=27}}</ref> The ship was completed on 14 April 1930.{{sfn|English|1993|p=15}}{{sfn|Friedman|2009|p=314}} ''Arrow'' was the sixth ship of that name to serve with the Royal navy.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|pp=21–22}} She was adopted by the civil community of the Rural District of [[Blackwell, Bolsover|Blackwell]], [[Derbyshire]] in February 1942 following a successful [[Warship Week]] [[National Savings]] Campaign.<ref name="Career"/>

==Career==
===Peacetime operations===
Following commissioning, ''Arrow'' joined the [[3rd Destroyer Flotilla]] of the [[Mediterranean Fleet]] where she served until 1937. The ship returned to the UK for turbine repairs at [[Chatham Dockyard]] in March 1931, with these repairs continuing until July that year.{{sfn|English|1993|p=24}} ''Arrow'' was refitted again at Chatham in August to October 1932, and at [[Malta]] between October 1933 and January 1934.{{sfn|English|1993|p=24}} On 20 February 1934, during night manoeuvres off Malta, ''Arrow''{{'}}s engineer officer fell overboard from ''Arrow'' and drowned.<ref>{{cite news |title=Naval Officer Drowned |newspaper=The Times |date=21 February 1934 |issue=46684 |page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Engineer Lieut.-Commander Dellbridge |newspaper=The Times |date=23 February 1934 |issue=46686 |page=19}}</ref> ''Arrow'' was refitted again, at [[Sheerness Dockyard]], from April to June 1935.{{sfn|English|1993|p=24}}

In July 1936, the [[Spanish Civil War]] broke out.{{sfn|Halpern|2016|p=191}} The Royal Navy was employed in evacuating British subjects from Spanish ports during the early part of the war,{{sfn|Halpern|2016|p=193}} and on 1 October 1936, ''Arrow'' embarked 118 refugees from [[Málaga]] and ferried them to safety in [[Gibraltar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Insurgent Moves in the South: Control of Key Positions |newspaper=The Times |date=2 October 1936 |issue=47496 |page=3 October 1936}}</ref> On 20 April 1937, ''Arrow'' arrived at Málaga from Gibraltar, to monitor shipping on behalf of the [[International Non-Intervention Committee]] and to deliver a cargo of food aid. On 23 April, following protests from the Nationalist authorities, ''Arrow'' left Málaga harbour and maintained a patrol outside the [[three-mile limit]]. On 24 April, the Republican destroyers {{ship|Spanish destroyer|Lepanto||2}} and {{ship|Spanish destroyer|Sánchez Barcáiztegui||2}} attacked Málaga, with ''Arrow'' taking avoiding action in response to return fire from Nationalist coast defences.{{sfn|Halpern|2016|pp=249–252}}

''Arrow'' left the Mediterranean later that month, and was refitted at Sheerness, when the ship was fitted with [[Sonar|Asdic]]. In July that year, following completion of the refit, ''Arrow'' entered reserve at Sheerness, and in March 1938, commissioned into the local destroyer flotilla at [[HMNB Portsmouth|Portsmouth]].{{sfn|English|1993|p=24}}

===Escort duties===
On the outbreak of the Second World War, ''Arrow'' joined the [[18th Destroyer Flotilla]], based at [[Isle of Portland|Portland]], and tasked with anti-submarine patrol and convoy defence duties.<ref name="Career"/>{{sfn|English|1993|p=24}}  On 24 October 1939, she put into [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport Dockyard]] to undergo repairs for recurring defects with her turbines.{{sfn|English|1993|p=24}} On return to service on 10 January 1940, ''Arrow'' joined the [[16th Destroyer Flotilla]],{{sfn|English|1993|p=24}} based at [[Portsmouth]], but on 30 January she returned to Devonport for further work on her turbines,<ref name="Career"/> which continued until 9 March 1940.{{sfn|English|1993|p=24}}

===The Norwegian coast===
On 9 April 1940, [[Operation Weserübung|Germany invaded Norway]].{{sfn|Rohwer|2005|p=19}} On 17 April 1940, ''Arrow'' left Rosyth in company with sister ship {{HMS|Acheron|H45|2}} and the cruisers {{HMS|Arethusa|26|2}}, {{HMS|Carlisle|D67|2}}, {{HMS|Curacoa|D41|2}} and {{HMS|Galatea|71|2}}, carrying troops of the [[148th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|148th Infantry Brigade]] to [[Åndalsnes]], Norway, as part of [[Åndalsnes landings|Operation ''Sickle'']].{{sfn|''Battle Summary - No. 17'', 1951|pp=81–82}} The force arrived at their destination on 18 April, with ''Carlisle'', ''Galatea'' and the two destroyers landing their troops directly at Åndalsnes, while ''Arethusa'' and ''Curacoa'' disembarked their troops at nearby [[Molde]], with the landings completed by 19 April.{{sfn|''Battle Summary - No. 17'', 1951|p=82}} On 22 April, ''Arrow'' transferred to the [[12th Destroyer Flotilla]] of the [[Home Fleet]].{{sfn|English|1993|p=24}} ''Arrow'' sailed again on 24 April, in company with the cruisers {{HMS|Birmingham|C19|2}} {{HMS|Manchester|15|2}} and {{HMS|York|90|2}}, and the destroyers ''Acheron'' and {{HMS|Griffin|H31|2}} with more troops and stores for Åndalsnes. ''Manchester'' landed her troops at Molde, while the other ships went to Åndalsnes, with the destroyers ferrying troops and stores from the cruisers to the shore as well as landing their own troops.{{sfn|''Battle Summary - No. 17'', 1951|p=85}} On 26 April ''Arrow'' was leaving the [[Romsdalsfjord]] when she encountered a trawler flying the [[Netherlands|Dutch]]  flag. ''Arrow'' approached the trawler, which was in fact the German ''Schelswig'' (''Schiff 37''), which raised the German ensign and rammed ''Arrow'', holing the destroyer above the waterline. ''Schelswig'' was then engaged by ''Arrow'' and the cruiser ''Birmingham'' and sank by the latter.{{sfn|English|1993|p=24}}{{sfn|''Battle Summary - No. 17'', 1951|p=85}}{{sfn|Rohwer|2005|p=21}} A second German trawler, ''Schiff 26'' (ex-''Julius Pickenpack'') was then captured by ''Griffin''.{{sfn|Rohwer|2005|p=21}} ''Arrow'' was escorted back to Britain by  ''Acheron'' and was taken in hand on 29 April by a commercial shipyard at [[Middlesbrough]].{{sfn|English|1993|p=24}}

''Arrow'' was back in service by 13 May,{{sfn|English|1993|p=24}} and on 22 May, while patrolling with {{HMS|Fortune |H70|2}}, spotted a suspected [[periscope]], with ''Fortune'' carrying out a detph charge attack on what was later concluded to be a false alarm.{{sfn|''Home Fleet Destroyer Command War Diaries'': March–September 1940|loc=Wednesday, 22nd May 1940}} From 29 to 31 May ''Arrow'' took part with the destroyers {{HMS|Echo|H23|2}}, {{HMS|Firedrake|H79|2}}, {{HMS|Havelock|H88|2}} and {{HMS|Vanoc|1917|2}} in an evacuation of troops from [[Mo i Rana|Mo]] and [[Bodø]]. The troops were taken to [[Harstad]] in preparation for their final evacuation from Norway.{{sfn|''Battle Summary - No. 17'', 1951|pp=121–122}} On 7 June, as part of the final evacuation from Norway ([[Operation Alphabet]]), ''Arrow'', with the sloop {{HMS|Stork|L81|2}} and ten trawlers,{{#tag:ref|and the destroyer {{HMS|Veteran|D72|2}} according to Rohwer.{{sfn|Rohwer|2005|p=25}}|group=lower-alpha}} a slow convoy of eight storeships from Harstad.{{sfn|''Battle Summary - No. 17'', 1951|p=125}} On 9–10 June, the convoy came under air attack, which was repelled without loss, but at the same time, the Norwegian passenger ships {{SS|Ariadne|1929|2}} and {{SS|Prins Olav|1907|2}}, which were heading for [[Tórshavn]] in the [[Faroe Islands]], and were nearby, were attacked and sunk by German aircraft. When the attacks on the convoy had ended, ''Arrow'' was detached from the convoy and rescued about 80 survivors from the two ships.{{sfn|''Home Fleet Destroyer Command War Diaries'': March–September 1940|loc=Sunday, 9th June 1940}}{{sfn|English|1993|p=24}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/ariadne.html |title=D/S Ariadne |publisher=Warsailors.com |access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/prinsolav.html |title=D/S Prins Olav |publisher=Warsailors.com |access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref> She then sailed to the [[Nore]] and on 26 June she was taken in hand for a refit at [[Sheerness]].  The work involved improving her anti-aircraft defence capabilities.

===The Western Approaches===
She rejoined the [[16th Destroyer Flotilla]] at [[Harwich]] on 4 July, and was active on anti-invasion patrol and convoy defence duties off the east coast.  On 24 July she was transferred to the [[Western Approaches Command|Western Approaches Defence Force]], based at [[Greenock]].  She was deployed on convoy defence duties in the North Western Approaches and on 16 August she and ''Achates'' attacked a [[U-boat]] that had been sighted by the [[armed merchant cruiser]] ''Cheshire''.<ref name="Career"/> On 27 August ''Arrow'' rescued survivors from a Greek steamer and on 13 September she rescued survivors from the Greek merchant vessel SS ''Poseidon''. On 8 October she joined the fast military convoy WS-3 in the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] as an escort, along with the cruiser {{HMS|Kenya|14|2}} and the destroyers ''Achates'', {{HMS|Sabre|1918|2}} and '{{HMS|Vimy||2}}, covering the convoy's passage through the North Western Approaches.<ref name="Career"/>  ''Arrow'' and the escorting destroyers were detached on 12 October and returned to the Clyde, where they resumed convoy defence duties for [[Iceland]] convoys. ''Kenya'' remained with the convoy as far as [[Freetown]].

On 13 November ''Arrow'' rescued survivors from the merchant vessel {{SS|Empire Hind}}, which had been sunk by an air attack in the North Atlantic. On 14 November she stood by the [[tanker (ship)|tanker]] {{MV|San Demetrio}} off Achill Head and escorted her into the Clyde.  ''San Demetrio'' had been attacked by the German cruiser {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Scheer||2}} on 5 November, but after initially abandoning the then-burning ship the crew had re-boarded her to ensure the salvage of her valuable cargo.<ref name="Career"/> They arrived in the Clyde on 16 October, and ''Arrow'' entered repair at the [[Barclay Curle]] shipyard the following day, to fix her machinery. She was not back in action again until 14 January 1941, when she rejoined the Home Fleet. She joined the [[3rd Destroyer Flotilla]] for anti-submarine defence of convoys the following day.  February saw ''Arrow'' deployed in the North Western Approaches and the North Sea, escorting Icelandic convoys from [[Aberdeen]], [[Scapa Flow]] and the Clyde.

===Repairs and mining===
She joined the military convoy WS-7 in the Clyde on 24 March, as an escort with the battleship {{HMS|Nelson|28|2}}, during the convoy's Atlantic passage to Freetown. She and ''Nelson'' were detached on 4 April and returned to Scapa Flow. During this time, she developed problems with her boilers that required attention. She put into [[Chatham, Medway|Chatham]] for a refit on 2 May and was withdrawn from operational service whilst her boilers were re-tubed.  The work was completed by June and she sailed to rejoin the Fleet. On 21 June, whilst on passage to Scapa Flow she detonated a [[naval mine|mine]] off [[Flamborough Head]] and had to put into [[Middlesbrough]] on one boiler.<ref name="Career">{{cite web |last=Mason |first=Geoffrey B. |title=HMS Arrow (H 42) -  A-class Destroyer: including Convoy Escort Movements |work=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2 |publisher=Naval-History.net |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-13A-Arrow.htm |date=27 July 2011 |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> She was taken in hand by Smiths Dock on 22 June for repairs that lasted until October and involved repairing her repair machinery mountings and replacing bulkheads. During this time she was nominated for foreign service, and after carrying out post repair trials she was prepared for service in the Eastern Mediterranean.

===Transfer to the Mediterranean===
On 18 November, ''Arrow'' and the destroyers {{HMS|Gurkha|G63|2}}, {{HMS|Zulu|F18|2}}, {{HMS|Foxhound|H69|2}} and the Australian {{HMAS|Nestor|G02|6}} screened the cruiser {{HMS|Dido|37|2}} on passage to [[Gibraltar]], where they arrived on 21 November. The same ships left the next day for [[Malta]], where they arrived on 24 November. On 26 November they joined the cruiser {{HMS|Ajax|22|2}} and the destroyers {{HMS|Lance|G87|2}} and {{HMS|Lively|G40|2}} as an escort for convoy ME-8 to [[Alexandria]]. The ships arrived at Alexandria on 29 November, where ''Arrow'' and the other escorts joined the [[Mediterranean Fleet (United Kingdom)|Mediterranean Fleet]].

January 1942 saw her deploying out of Alexandria, where on 12 January she was the target of a failed attack by an enemy submarine.  ''Arrow'' then carried out an unsuccessful search for her attacker with fellow destroyer {{HMS|Hero|H99|2}}.<ref name="Career"/> On 24 January she formed part of the escort for the [[Malta Convoys|Malta convoy]] MF-4.  She sailed for Alexandria on 26 January after the escorting of {{HMS|Breconshire||2}} was transferred to the cruiser {{HMS|Penelope|97|2}} and the destroyers ''Lively'', {{HMS|Legion|G74|2}}, {{HMS|Maori|F24|2}} and ''Zulu'' of [[Force K]]. ''Arrow'' made her return passage on 27 January with Force B, which was escorting Convoy ME-9, which had come from Malta with Force K. ''Arrow'' and the convoy arrived at Alexandria on 28 January.<ref name="Career"/>

On 12 February she joined the screen for the cruisers {{HMS|Naiad|93|2}}, ''Dido'' and {{HMS|Euryalus|42|2}} with the destroyers ''Griffin'', {{HMS|Hasty|H24|2}}, {{HMS|Havock|H43|2}}, {{HMS|Jaguar|F34|2}}, {{HMS|Jervis|F00|2}}, {{HMS|Kelvin|F37|2}} and {{HMS|Kipling|F91|2}}, providing cover for the passage of the convoys MW-9 and MW-9A through the Eastern Mediterranean.  They came under heavy and sustained air attacks on 13 February, during which the merchant {{SS|Clan Campbell||2}} was badly damaged and had to be under escort to [[Tobruk]].<ref name="Career"/> The attacks continued throughout 14 February and another member of the convoy, {{SS|Clan Chattan||2}}, had to be abandoned after she caught fire. The escorting force then turned over the escort of MW-9 to Force K, which took the merchants on to Malta, whilst they took over the escort of ''Breconshire'' and three merchants of convoy ME-10 from Force K and escorted them into Alexandria.<ref name="Career"/> They arrived in port on 15 February.  In March ''Arrow'' was transferred to the [[Indian Ocean]] to reinforce the [[Eastern Fleet]].

===With the Eastern Fleet===
She joined the Eastern Fleet at [[Gan (Seenu Atoll)|Gan]] on 4 April, where she was deployed as a screen for the battleships {{HMS|Ramillies|07|2}}, ''Royal Sovereign'', {{HMS|Resolution|09|2}} and {{HMS|Revenge|06|2}}, the [[aircraft carrier]] {{HMS|Hermes|95|2}}, the cruisers {{HMS|Caledon|D53|2}}, {{HMS|Dragon|D46|2}} and the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] {{HNLMS|Jacob van Heemskerck|1939|6}} and the destroyers {{HMS|Fortune|H70|2}}, ''Griffin'', {{HMS|Decoy|H75|2}}, {{HMS|Scout|1918|2}}, the Australian {{HMAS|Norman|G49|6}} and {{HMAS|Vampire|D68|6}}, and the Dutch {{HNLMS|Isaac Sweers|1940|6}} as Force B.<ref name="Career"/>  ''Arrow'' was transferred on 6 April with Force B to [[Kilindini]], after the loss of ''Hermes'', and the Japanese air attacks on [[Ceylon]].  ''Arrow'' deployed on 15 April, providing anti-submarine protection for convoys sailing between [[Madagascar]] and the [[Cape of Good Hope]]. She was withdrawn from active service on 20 May after suffering a series of defects, and was taken in hand at [[Durban]] on 21 May for a refit.<ref name="Career"/>

She resumed her duties on 2 July, and spent August escorting convoys between the Cape of Good Hope and Madagascar.  In September she was nominated to support the final occupation of Madagascar.  She joined the destroyers {{HMS|Active|H14|2}}, {{HMS|Blackmore|L43|2}} and {{HMS|Inconstant|H49|2}} in the 3rd Destroyer Division of Force M.  On 9 September they provided the escort for the ships of Force M, and covered the landings at [[Majunga]].<ref name="Career"/> She was released from the operation on 30 September and was transferred to Freetown, West Africa for convoy defence duties in the South Atlantic. She took up her position there in October, and on 8 October she deployed off [[Cape Town]] with ''Active'' and ''Foxhound'' on anti-submarine search operations, and rescuing survivors from sunken mercantiles. She was again withdrawn from service in November owing to a recurrence of machinery defects. She returned to the UK and was under repair in a commercial shipyard at Middlesbrough from 18 November. These repairs lasted until March 1943, and she returned to Scapa Flow on 26 March for working up. She struck the boom defences on 10 April whilst working up and had to head for [[London]] on 11 April for repairs.<ref name="Career"/> She was taken in hand on 13 March by Green and Silley Weir at [[Blackwall Yard|Blackwall]].  She was under repair until May, when she returned to Scapa Flow on 30 May for working up.

===Gibraltar and Sicily===
Having started working up on 3 June, she was assigned to serve with the [[13th Destroyer Flotilla]] at Gibraltar.  The working up was completed by 14 June and on 21 June she joined the destroyers {{HMS|Blankney|L30|2}}, {{HMS|Blencathra|L24|2}}, {{HMS|Brecon|L76|2}}, {{HMS|Brissenden|L79|2}}, {{HMS|Hambledon|L37|2}}, {{HMS|Ledbury|L90|2}}, {{HMS|Mendip|L60|2}}, {{HMS|Viscount|1917|2}}, {{HMS|Wallace|L64|2}}, {{HMS|Witherington|D76|2}} and {{HMS|Woolston|1918|2}} in the Clyde as the escort for the joint convoys KMF-17 to Gibraltar and the military convoy WS-31 to the [[Middle East]] and [[India]].<ref name="Career"/>  ''Arrow'' was detached with the ships of KMF-17 on 26 June when the destroyer escort for WS-31 to Freetown arrived from Gibraltar. She then escorted the ships of KMF-17 to Gibraltar with the same destroyers and then joined the Flotilla on arrival. In July she was nominated for duty with Support Force East during the [[Allied invasion of Sicily|planned landings in Sicily]].  She took part in the landings on 10 July with the support force, and was then deployed to escort the follow-up convoys.<ref name="Career"/>

==Damage and scrapping==
Whilst in harbour at [[Algiers]] on 4 August ''Arrow'' was set on fire by the explosion of the merchant ship {{SS|Fort La Montee||2}}. She sustained heavy damage, suffered many casualties and ended up disabled.<ref name="Career"/> She was towed to Gibraltar, arriving there on 18 September to undergo repairs. Temporary repairs were carried out throughout October, before she was towed to [[Taranto]] for permanent repairs. She left Gibraltar on 19 November, arriving at Taranto on 27 November.  A survey was carried out in December to assess the extent of work required, and January to September 1944 was spent under repair.  As the repairs continued, the state of the ship was found to be increasingly unsatisfactory, and her future use was now under consideration. On 17 October it was decided that repair work was to be suspended and the ship was to be de-equipped.  This was carried out by December, and by January 1945 the ship was a [[Hulk (ship)|hulk]] at Taranto.  She remained there until May 1949, when she was broken up.<ref name="Career"/>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-13A-Arrow.htm HMS ''Arrow'''s wartime career]
*[http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4346.html HMS ''Arrow'' at Uboat.net]

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