Suezkrise 29.10.-7.11.1956

Timeline, Naval Operations

Start of Israeli Invasion 29.10.

Anglo-French Attack 31.10.

Ibrahim el Awal
xx

HMS Atherstone L05 (1942) (Hunt-I-Destroyer)

Kersaint


Surcouf T47B (Surcouf T47)

INS Eilat, INS Yaffo


HMS Venus (UVWZ class destroyer)

HMS Newfoundland

HMS Diana


HMAS Vendetta D08 1973 (Daring 1949 class), HMS Diana 1958-1964 (Daring 1949 class) (1/1250)

Domiat †


HMAS Gascoyne 1945 (River class)

MTB
3 †

HMS x

Order of Battle

British

Aircraft Carrier

Audacious class
Eagle (Wyvern, Sea Venom, Sea Hawk, Skyraider, Whirlwind)

HMS Eagle (R05) (Audacious class)

Hermes class
Albion (Sea Hawk, Sea Venom, Skyraider, Whirlwind), Bulwark (Sea Hawk, Avenger, Dragonfly)

HMS Hermes R12 1982 (Centaur class), HMS Centaur R06 (Centaur class) (1/1250)

Helicopter Carrier

Colossus class
Theseus (Whirlwind), Ocean (Whirlwind, Sycamore)

HMS Glory R62 1945 (Colossus class) (1/1250), Arromanches 1946/56 (Colossus class), HMS Colossus 1944 (Colossus class)

Cruiser

Colony class
Jamaica, Ceylon, Newfoundland

HMS Trinidad (1942) (Colony class)

HMNZS Royalist
withdrawn for political reasons

HMS Naiad (1940) (Dido class)

Destroyer, Frigates

Daring class
D 114 HMS Defender, D 126 HMS Diana, D 119 HMS Delight , D 05 (105 ?) HMS Daring, D 154 HMS Duchess, D 35 HMS Diamond, D 106 HMS Decoy (D 114 HMS Defender in the Eastern Mediterranean too )

HMAS Vendetta D08 1973 (Daring 1949 class)

C class
D 15 HMS Cavendish, D 26 HMS Comet and D 48 HMS Contest, D 36 HMS Chieftain , D 51 HMS Chevron , D 52 HMS Chaplet

HMS Caesar 1944 (C class destroyer), Ähnlicher Typ HMS Venus (UVWZ class destroyer)

Battle class
D 14 HMS Armada, D 18 (65 ?) HMS St. Kitts , D 80 HMS Barfleur

HMS Barfleur R80 (1944) (Battle Class Gr.I)

Battle mod. Class
D 86 HMS Agincourt, D 17 HMS Alamein, D 97 HMS Corunna, D 68 HMS Barrosa

HMS Barfleur R80 (1944) (Battle Class Gr.I)

River class
HMS Meon F270 (269?), as a command ship (LSH)

HMAS Gascoyne 1945 (River class), HMS River class (River class) (1/1250)

U&V class, rebuild as ASW frigates Type 15
F17 HMS Ulysses, F 141 HMS Undine, F 08 Urania, F 220 (200 ?) HMS Ursa, F 187 HMS Whirlwind, F 159 HMS Wakeful, F 72 HMS Wizzard

HMS Relentless, Type 15 (Type 15), HMS Volage F41 ex R41 (UVWZ class destroyer|Type 15) (1/1250)

Whitby type 12
F 43 HMS Torquay

HMS Whitby 1956 (Type 12 Whitby class)

Black Swan class
F 123 HMS Crane , F 42 HMS Modeste

Hipper F214 1959 (Black Swan|Klasse 138) (1/1250), Scharnhorst F213 1960 (Black Swan|Klasse 138) (1/1250), HMS Starling (Black Swan), HMS Ibis (Black Swan)

HMS Tyne
Hecla class Destroyer tender as combined headquarter

HMS Tyne 1942 (Hecla class) (1/1250)

Submarines

S class
S 44 Sea Devil, S 56 Sentinel

HMS Sahib S-class P212 1942/43 (S class U-Boot)

T class
S 31 Trenchant, (S 126 Tudor also?)

HMS T class Group III (HMS T class submarine)

LST

Mine Warfare

Abdiel class
HMS Manxman

HMS Ariadne (Abdiel Class)

Fairmile B mod
ML 2583

HMS Fairmile B (Fairmile B) (1/600), HMS Fairmile B (Fairmile B) (1/1250)

?
ML 1097

HMS Mull of Galloway
Inshore MS depot ship

Command ship ex Loch class frigate
P 58 HMS Woodbridge Haven (ex-HMS Loch Corridon)

HMS Loch class (Loch class), HMS Loch Ness 1944 (Loch class) (1/1250)

Ton class
Alcaston, Coniston, Darlaston, Letterston , Appelton, Blaxton, Edderton, Upton, Clarberston, Burnaston, Highburton
and probably: Sefton,
Dufton, Fenton, Hickleton, Kildarton, Leverton, Shavington

HMS Essington (Ton class|{{class similar Kanada}}|RCN Bay class Minesweeper), HMS Upton M1187 1955 (Ton class) (1/1250)

Ham class
Ledsham, Altham, Asheldham, Cardinham, Chelsham, Cobham

HMS Dittisham M2621 (Ham class|Ley class|Echo class) (1/1250)

Ley class
Aveley, Brenchley, Chailey, Dingley

Ähnlicher Typ HMS Dittisham M2621 (Ham class|Ley class|Echo class) (1/1250)

Netlayer
HMS Barnstone, HMS Barhill

Ma.101 Aux Netlayer ex HMS Barlight (Bar class) (1/1250)

Auxiliaries, Replenishment, …

Fleet tanker
RFA Olna
RFA Tiderace, (A96 ?) RFA Tidereach, RFA Tiderange : Tide-class fast fleet
tanker

Armament Support Ship (Stores Support ship)
RFA Retainer (ex-
Chungking, Retainer-class)

Depot
Forth (submarine tender) , Ranpura (heavy
repair ship or submarine tender)

Oiler
RFA Brown Ranger (A 163 ?, Type 1), Blue Ranger (A 157 ?, Type 2): Ranger-
class (Gold Ranger-class According to Flottes de Combat) attendant tanker (oiler)

Coastal tanker
(A 190 ?) RFA Eddycliff, (A 132 ?) RFA Eddybeach, RFA Eddybank ? : Eddy-
class

Stores
(A 160 ?) RFA Fort Dunvegan, (employed as Stores Issuing Ship), (A 236 ?)
RFA Fort Charlotte (employed as Stores Issuing Ship), (A 316 ?) RFA Fort Sandusky (employed as Armanet Stores Carrier), (A 229 ?) RFA Fort Duquense (
employed as Air Stores Ship) (Fort-class stores ships, replenishment ship, Fleet
Supply Ships)

Replenishment tankers
(A 193 ?) Wave Master (ex- Empire Salisbury),(A 242 ?)
Wave Baron (ex- Empire Flodden), (A 119 ?) Wave Laird (ex-Empire Dunbar),
Wave Conqueror (ex-Empire Edgehill - ex-Empire Law ? -) (A 211 ?), Wave Sovereign, Wave Victor (ex- Empire Bounty), Wave Protector (ex- Empire
Protector) (Wave-class)

Ähnlicher Typ Breisgau ex Salomé

Oilers
(A104 ?) Eaglesdale, (A170 ?) Echodale (mainly as a freighting tanker) (
Dale-class - Type 1 ? / Third Group ? -; Cedardale-class

Oiler
(A 365 ?) Surf Pioneer

Transport
Bacchus (Hebe-class Store Carrier)

Water carriers
(A257 ?) Spaburn, (A222 ?) Spapool (Spa Class coastal water
carriers) ,
Hanap

Armament carrier
Kinterbury , Amherst, Isee, Tafna (last two French ?)

hydrographic ship
HMS Darymple hydrographic ship (Converted Bay Class Survey Vessel; ex-frigate
HMS Luce Bay) (written Dalrymple?)

HMS St. Austell Bay 1945 (Bay class) (1/1250)

...
Amhurst, Bonhill, depot ship Rampura ex WW2 AMC

Divers tender
Redaun

Rescue ships
Sea Salvor, Kingworth, Dispenser

Frankreich

Aircraft Carrier

Colossus class
R 95 Arromanches (ex-HMS Colossus)(F4U-7, HUP-2)

HMS Glory R62 1945 (Colossus class) (1/1250), Arromanches 1946/56 (Colossus class), HMS Colossus 1944 (Colossus class)

Independence class
La Fayette (R 96,ex-USS Langley)(Avenger, HUP-2)

USS Independence CVL-22 (Cleveland|Independence)

Schlachtschiff

Jean Bart


Richelieu 1943 (Richelieu class)

Kreuzer

La Galissonnière-class
Georges Leygues

Georges Leygues (1945) (La Galissonnière class)

Aviso, Flugzeugtender

F 753 Marcel le Bihan
ex German Greif

Greif B21 (1940) (1/1250)

Submarines

Typ VIIC
S 610 Laubie (ex-German U.766 Type VIIC)

Basistyp Typ VII

Typ XXI
613 Roland Morillot (ex-German U2518 Type XXI)

U-Boot Typ XXI U-2511 (Typ XXI), Ähnlicher Typ U-Boot Wilhelm Bauer WL (Typ XXI), U-Boot Typ XXI (Typ XXI) (1/144), U-2540 Wilhelm Bauer FH (Typ XXI)

La Créole / Aurore class
S 606 La Créole

Minesweeper

Survey ship (batiment hydrographe) as MS command ship
F 752 Amiral Mouchez (ex-frigate) 1932

AMS
M 638 Acacia (ex-AMS 69), M 667 Ajonc (ex-AMS 71), M 669 Bégonia (ex-
AMS 83), M 672 Chrysanthème (ex-AMS 113), M 674 Cyclamen (ex-AMS 119),
M 678 Glaïeul (ex-AMS 120), M 683 Liseron (ex-AMS 98), M 687 Mimosa (ex-
AMS 99), M 693 Pavot (ex-AMS 124), M 695 Pivoine (ex-AMS 125). Acacia-
class / MSC 60 (ex-AMS) , M 639 Acanthe (ex-AMS 70), M 668 Azalée (ex-AMS 67). Acacia-class / MSC 60 (ex-AMS) , M 670 Bleuét (ex-AMS 116), M 682 Lilas (ex-AMS 93). Acacia-class / MSC 60 (
ex-AMS) , M 671 Camélia (ex-AMS 63). Acacia-class / MSC 60 (ex-AMS) , M 688 Muguet (ex-AMS 97). Acacia-class / MSC 60 (ex-AMS)

USS Adjutant => Ponta Delgada (M 405) (Adjutant class|Pavot class|{{class similar Derived German}}|)

Ham class
M 663 Jasmin (ex-HMS Stedham, ex-YMS 29, Ex-D 335)

HMS Dittisham M2621 (Ham class|Ley class|Echo class) (1/1250)

Grillon-class
A 761 Criquet (ex-US AN 96). Grillon-class / UA AN type’ Off-shore ’ boom defence vessel

Landungsgruppe

LST-2
L9006 Chéliff (ex-US LST 874), L 9001 Laita (ex-US LST 177), L 9005 Odet (ex-US LST 815), L 9004 Rance (ex-US LST 223), L 9002 Orne (ex-US LST 508)

USS LST-351 (USS LST Mk2), USS LST Mk.2 (USS LST Mk2), USS LST Mk.2 (USS LST Mk2), USS LST Mk.2 (USS LST Mk2)

LSD
A 646 Foudre (ex-Greek Okeanos, ex-British Oceanway, ex-US LSD 12). Landing
ship dock

USS Ashland LSD-1 (USS Ashland)

LCI(L) as command ship
LCH 9055 (LCI(L)) (ex-LCI-377)

LCI(L) 1-350 Landungsboote (LCI|Allied Landing Craft WW2), LCI (LCI|Allied Landing Craft WW2)

LCC
LCC 9220

LCT IV
LCT 9070 (ex-RN LCT 1276),
LCT 9071(ex-RN LCT 1311)

LCT III
LCT 9083 (ex-RN LCT R4 -ex-898- ,), LCT 9084 (ex-RN LCT R27

LCM

LVT(4), LVT(a), LVT-4/40
see Pic in http://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/vq8t1y/french_lvt_4_bofors_suez_1956/ , and http://i-com.cdn.gaijin.net/monthly_2020_02/559806669_LVT440mmBofors3.jpg.2113745fbe764840c9fd2502b28bb8cc.jpg

LVT-4 Water Buffalo II (Brit. Buffalo IV) (LVT) (1/76), LVT-4/40 Bofors (LVT|Bofors 40mm)

DUKW


DUKW (GMC CCKW) (1/76)

LCVP


USS LCVP (USS LCVP|Allied Landing Craft WW2)

Destroyer, Frigates

Arabe class / Canon-class
F 717 Arabe (ex-DE 183 USS Samuel S. Miles), F 719 Bambara (ex-USS DE 186 Swearer), F 723 Berbère (ex-DE 113 USS Clarence L. Evans), F 718 Kabylie (ex-DE 185 USS Riddle), F 724 Malgache (ex-DE 190 USS Baker), F 720 Sakalave Ex-DE 194 Wingfield, F 722 Soudanais (ex-DE 763 USS Cates) , F 721 Touareg (ex-DE 747 USS Bright)

Ähnlicher Typ USS Cannon DE-99 Class (Captain class)

Le Corse class E50
F 764 Le Bordelais, F 763 Le Boulonnais, F 762 Le Brestois, F 761 Le Corse

Le Corse E50 F761 1955

Surcouf-class T-47
D 624 Bouvet, D 623 Cassard, D 625 Dupetit Thouars, D 622 Kersaint, D 621 Surcouf, D 628 Vauquelin, D 625 Dupetit-Thouars, D 628 Vauquelin

Surcouf T47B (Surcouf T47)

Chamois-class
F 736 Gazelle. Aviso série dite ‘ coloniale ’ de 647 t

Chamois class (Chamois class) (1/1250)

Le Normand class E52
F 765 Le Normand, F 766 Le Picard

Le Normand (Le Normand E52) (1/1250), Le Picard 1954 (E52 Le Normand class)

Auxiliaries, Replenishment, …

Oiler, Tanker
A 625 La Baïse, A 620 Elorn, A 631 Lac Tchad (ex-US oil barge Syncline), A 630 Lac Tonle Sap (Lac Tonlé-Sap) (ex-US oil barge Pumper), A 631 Lac Tchad, A 625 La Baise

Ähnlicher Stil USS YO-43 Fuel Barge

Tug
A 719 Bélier. , Filao, A 718 Pachyderme, A 719 Bélier

Wassertanker
A 741 Giboulée, A 760 Liamone (ex-Arrosoir), A 638 Sahel

Submarine depot
A 641 Gustave Zédé (ex-German Saar) as amphibian force command ship

Saar 1940

Hydrogr. Survey
F 750 La Pérouse (ex-Sans Peur oder La Perouse?, ex-frigate, ex Seaplane tender)

Bausatzkandidat: SG 1 ex Sans Peur 1/1250 by Seestern at pamoty

Auxs
A 761 Criquet , Replenishment ships A 741 Giboulée, A 760 Liamone

Liberty ships
Cavalaire, Lorient, Mortain, Saint Malo,
Ouistreham, Séte

USS Liberty Ship Jeremiah O'Brien (USS Liberty)

cargos
Aquitaine, Pilote Garnier

Israel

Zerstörer/Fregatten/Korvetten

Z class
No 40 Eilath (ex-HMS Zealous) and No 42
Yaffo (ex-HMS Zodiac)

HMS Venus (UVWZ class destroyer)

Canadian River class
No 28 Nisgav (ex-HMCS Strathadam),
No 30 Misnak (ex-HMCS Hallowell) and No 32 Mitvach (ex-HMCS
Violetta)

HMAS Gascoyne 1945 (River class), HMS River class (River class) (1/1250), HMS Swale (K217) (River class) (1/1250)

Schnellboote, Patrols

Meulan type MTB
T 200 Ayah, T 201 Baz, T 202 Daya, T 203
Nets, T 204 Peress, T 205 Tahmass

Vosper 70ft type MTB / Nasher class
T 209 Lilitt, T 210 Shaldagg, T 212 Tinshemett. Former British 70ft Vosper and BPB MTBs, purchased in 1948

Viscolul ex MTB23 1941 (Vosper 70' early) (1/600), Vantul MTB 1943 (BPB 70ft) (1/600), Ähnlicher Typ MTB Vosper II 73ft (MTB Vosper II 73ft)

US MTB
No 22 Nogah (ex-PC 16)

Fairmile B
Haportzim

HMS Fairmile B (Fairmile B) (1/600), HMS Fairmile B (Fairmile B) (1/1250)

HDML
No 21 Dror, No 25 Tirtsa, No 35 Saar

HMS Fairmile HDML (HDML) (1/600)

Sonstige

depot ship, Matzpen (ex-Eilat, ex-icebreaker USS Nordland)

(von Wikimedia, Autor, Rechte siehe dort)

LCT 4
Many ex-American LCT IVs (among them ex-US LCT 640 and LCT 673)
and ex-British LCT VIs

LCI

LCM 3/6
ca 10

Ägypten

Zerstörer/Fregatten/Korvetten

Z class
El-Quahar (ex-HMS Myngs) and El-Fayeh (ex-
HMS Zenith)

HMS Venus (UVWZ class destroyer)

Skory class
El Nasser (Al-Nasser) and El-Zaffer (Al-Zaffer)

Ähnlicher Typ Ognevoi Pj 30 (Ognevoi Pj 30), Bystryi (30bis/Smelyi (Skoryi) class) (1/1250), Skory (1954) (30bis/Smelyi (Skoryi) class) (1/1250)

Hunt I
10 Ibrahim el-Awal (Ibrahim Al-Awal; ex-HMS Cottesmore) and 11 Mohamed Ali el-Kebir (ex-Chinese Lin Fu ?, ex-HMS Mendi ,)

HMS Atherstone L05 (1942) (Hunt-I-Destroyer)

Black Swan mod class
41 Tarik (ex-El-Malek Farouk, ex-HMS Whimbrel - not Whimbred as mentioned in
some sources)

Ähnlicher Typ Scharnhorst F213 1960 (Black Swan|Klasse 138) (1/1250), Ähnlicher Typ Hipper F214 1959 (Black Swan|Klasse 138) (1/1250), HMS Starling (Black Swan), HMS Ibis (Black Swan)

River class
42 Akibir (ex-HMS Nith), 43 Rashid (Rosetta, ex-HMS Spey) and 44 Damiat (Damietta / Doima, ex-HMS Usk)

HMAS Gascoyne 1945 (River class), HMS River class (River class) (1/1250)

Flower class
El-Sudan (ex-Yugoslav Nada, ex-HMS Mallow)

Basistyp Flower Class

Minensucher

T-43 class
Charqieh, Bahaira, Miniya and Gharbia

PLA 6610 early Ocean Minesweeper (T43 class Pj 254)

Bangor class
Nasr (ex-HMS Bude) and Matrouh (ex-HMS Stornoway - not Stornaway as mentioned in some sources

HMS Bangor J00 1940 (Bangor class), HMS Bangor class 1940 (Bangor class), HMS Bangor J00 (Bangor class) (1/1250), Minenräumer W101 (Bangor class)

YMS (or BYMS?) class
Arish, Malek Fuad, Darfour, Naharia, Kaisaria, Rafah, Kordofan and Tor

YMS (1944) (YMS class), HMS BYMS (YMS class) (1/600)

Schnellboote, Patrols

Type 108 MTB
6 Yugoslav copies of the US Higgins

P4 class
12, not yet operational

Fairmile D MTB
220, 227

HMS Fairmile D 1943 (Fairmile D) (1/600)

Fairmile B Patrols
Hamza, Sab el Bahr and Saker el Bahar

HMS Fairmile B (Fairmile B) (1/600), HMS Fairmile B (Fairmile B) (1/1250)

Submarines

W class
as military aid: 2 subs under Polish flag, manned by Russians

Whiskey Class U-Boot (1952) (Whiskey class) (1/1250), Whiskey class Pj644 2-cyl (Whiskey class), Whiskey class Pj665 Long Bin (Whiskey class)

Transporter, sonstige

Transport ship 91 El-Quseir (ex- El-Amira Fawzia)

LST Aka (ex-LST-178) used as a block-ship


USS LST-351 (USS LST Mk2), USS LST Mk.2 (USS LST Mk2), USS LST Mk.2 (USS LST Mk2), USS LST Mk.2 (USS LST Mk2)

LCM-3
20

Training ship El-Horia (ex-Mahroussa, a yacht)

Blockships
Two ex-USN frigates (Papua and Tobago) used as passenger ships in the Red Sea now used as block-ships in the Suez Canal, as were a Flower-class corvette (Misr, ex-SS Malrouk), a Bangor-class minesweeper (Sollum, ex-HMS Wedgeport) and the LST Aka.

US 6.Fleet

Flugzeugträger

USS Randolph CVA 15
(F2H, FJ-3, F9F Cougar, Skyraider, HUP-2)

USS Intrepid CV-11 (Essex class), USS Intrepid CV-11 w/ angle deck 1972 (Essex class), USS Wasp CVS-18 1965 Gemini (Essex class) (1/530)

USS Coral Sea CVA-43
(F2H, F9F, Skyraider, AJ-2, HUP-2)

USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 1957 (Midway class), USS Midway CV-41 1991 Golfkrieg (Midway class)

USS Antietam CVS-36
(F9F, S2F, HSS-1, HUP-2)

USS Intrepid CV-11 (Essex class), USS Intrepid CV-11 w/ angle deck 1972 (Essex class)

USS Forrestal
joined later

USS Saratoga CV-60 (Forrestal class), USS Forrestal (Forrestal class) (1/1250)

Kreuzer

USS Salem


USS Salem CA-139 1955 (USS Des Moines class)

USS Macon


USS Pittsburgh CA-72 (Baltimore class), USS Chicago CG-11 ex CA-136 (Baltimore class)

Zerstörer

Allen M. Sumner class
DD-692 USS Allen M. Sumner, DD-697 USS Charles S. Sperry, DD-708 USS Harlan R. Dickson, DD 709 USS Hugh A. Pervis

Basistyp Allen M.Sumner Class

Submarines

Tench class (Guppy II)
USS Cutlass SS478

Ähnlicher Typ USS Corporal SS-346 GUPPY II 1956 (Balao class)

Balao class (Guppy IIA)
USS Hardhead SS365, Trumpetfish SS425, Halfbeak SS352

USS Corporal SS-346 GUPPY II 1956 (Balao class)

Gato class
USS Guavina AGSS-362 fuel submarine

USS Corporal SS-346 GUPPY II 1956 (Balao class)

Transporter, sonstige

USS Pocono (Amphibious Force Flagship) AGC-16

attack transports USS Cambria APA36, USS Chilton APA38


USS Callaway APA-35 (Bayfield class|US Type C3)

LSD30 USS Fort Snelling


Ähnlicher Typ USS Anchorage LSD-36 1970 (Anchorage class)

AKA19 USS Thuban


USS Algol AKA-54 1943/70 (Andromeda class|Type C2)

APD-133 Burdo


USS Liddle (DE-206/APD-60) (Buckley class|Charles Lawrence class)

LST Alameda County


USS LST-351 (USS LST Mk2), USS LST Mk.2 (USS LST Mk2), USS LST Mk.2 (USS LST Mk2), USS LST Mk.2 (USS LST Mk2)

Neosho AO-143

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