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HMS Anthony
HMS Anthony was built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Greenock, Scotland. She was launched on the 24th April 1929
- May 1940 HMS Anthony participated in the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk in May 1940.
- Sept 1940 HMS Anthony rescued 8 survivors from the City of Benares, two adults and six children had been adrift in a lifeboat for 7 days.
- May 1941 She took part in the search of the German battleship Bismarck
- July 1941 HMS Anthony was serving in the Arctic, escorting the minelaying cruiser HMS Adventure to Murmansk, together they formed a unit of a much larger force which was involved in a British carrier raid on Kirkenes and Petsanio.
- August 1941, Anthony joined Force K under Rear Admiral Vian, she escorted the troop transport Empress Of Canada to Spitsbergen in company with the cruisers HMS Aurora and HMS Nigeria, to evacuate the Norwegian and Soviet colonies there and destroy all the installations.
- February 1942 HMS Anthony was in the Mediterranean, with Force H under Vice Admiral Syfret based at Gibraltar.
- March 1942, HMs Anthony was one of a number of escort vessels for convoy WS-16 to South Africa from the UK with reinforcements.
- April-May 1942, the destroyer served in the Indian Ocean area.
- 5th May 1942, British marine commandos from HMS Anthony landed at Diago Surez, Madagascar.
- 24 to 31 August 1942 HMS Anthony was docked in the Selborne dry dock at Simonstown, South Africa.
- January & February 1944. HMS Anthony was based at Gibraltar.
- May 1944. HMS Anthony was re-armed as an anti-submarine escort, with 4.7"guns only at A and X positions.
- 24 December 1944, Anthony was performing escort duties in the North Atlantic and English Channel with four other escorts. U-486 succeeded in penetrating their screen and sank the troop transport Leopoldville
- 1948 HMS Anthony was broken up at Troon.
List of those who served on HMS Anthony during the Second World War.
- Capt. Ronald Brooke
- Lt. Cmdr. J. M. Hodges
- William Henry Smith Read their Story.
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