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H .
M . S . B U X T O N ( H 9 6 )
Ex USS EDWARDS (Type A - BURNHAM
Class) built by Bethlehem Steel at Squantum and
launched on 10th October 1918.
Transferred under UK/US Lease Land Agreement and commissioned at Halifax,
Nova Scotia into the RN service as HMS
BUXTON on 8 October 1940.
She was the first RN warship having this name, which like other TOWN Class , is shared by towns In the UK and USA.
B a t t
l e H o n o u r
ATLANTIC 1941-43
H e r a l d i
c D a t a
Badge : On a Field Blue, a stag's head caboahed,
between the the
antlers a mullet white.
D e t a i
l s o f W a r
S e r v i c e
1 9 4 0
October
3rd Commissioned as HMS
BUXTON at Halifax and prepared for Atlantic Arrived at St. John's
18th Arrived Newfoundland
with defects.
Returned to
Halifax for repair.
November Under repair at Halifax
to
December
1 9 4 1
January Under repair.
to Completion of work
delayed by other priority work.
February
March Nominated for local
convoy escort on completion.
3rd Escorted convoy from
Halifax to Bermuda.
7th On arrival taken in
hand for further defect repair.
15th Passage to Halifax.
April Deployed on escort
duty with local Canadian convoys based at Halifax.
to
July
August Taken in hand for refit
at Boston, Mass.. USA.
September On completion resumed local
convoy escort.
October Nominated for duty with
6th Escort Group based at Liverpool for escort of North Atlantic
convoys.
Took passage as
part of escort for Troop Convoy TC14.
On arrival
withdrawn from service for refit and Modification
November Under refit by HM Dockyard
Chatham.
to (Note : Surface
Warning Radar Type 271 and Aircraft warning Type 286 installed.
December For details of development
and use of RN radar see RADAR AT SEA by D Howse).
1 9 4 2
January Under refit
February Carried out post refit
trials.
March Worked-up at Tobermory
for convoy defence service.
Sustained
structural damage during work-up and taken in hand for repair.
April Under repair prior to
service with 6th British Escort Group.
May Joined Group at
Liverpool for Atlantic convoy escort.
June Deployed in NW
Approaches with Group.
to Nominated for
service with Royal Canadian Navy in western Atlantic.
July.
August Transferred to RCN
Western Local Escort Force based at Halifax.
September Deployed In astern Atlantic
for convoy defence
to
November
December Under refit at Boston.
1 9 4 3
January Under refit
to
February
March On completion rejoined
Western Local Escort Force.
April Deployed on escort
duty between New York, Halifax and Western Meeting
Point.
to July
August Withdrawn from service
and paid off.
Ship's Company
transferred to HM Canadian Frigate PASLEX.
September Used as static training
ship for RN personnel at Halifax.
1 9 4 4
January Training role In
continuation and transferred to Digby, Nova Scotia,
to December
1 9 4 5
January Withdrawn from training
duties
. 16th Placed on Disposal
List by RCN.
P o s t W a r N o t e s
HMS BUXTON was sold
far breaking up in
Baltimore on 21st
March 1946 and taken in tow to the breaker’s
yard later that year. This ship had
an undistinguished war record with bot RN and RCN, punctuated by frequent
periods under repair. |
