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A few weeks after the start of World War II in September 1939, she helped to sink one German submarine and then participated in the Second Battle of Narvik during the Norwegian Campaign of 1940. Forester was sent to Gibraltar in mid-1940 and formed part of Force H where she participated in the attack on the Vichy French ships at Mers-el-Kébir and the Battle of Dakar between escorting the aircraft carriers of Force H as they flew off aircraft for Malta and covering convoys resupplying and reinforcing the island until late 1941. During this time the ship helped to sink another German submarine. A few days later, they participated in the attack on Mers-el-Kébir against the Vichy French ships stationed there. Harvester rescued 19 survivors from the merchant vessel Silverpine on 5 December and 131 survivors from the ocean boarding vessel HMS Crispin torpedoed by U-107 on 3 February 1941. She also rescued four survivors from a Royal Air Force Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber four days later.
The original kit of four 4.7-inch and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes was reduced before the start of the war to three and four respectively, to boost anti-submarine (ASW) capability. The ships mounted four 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX guns in single mounts, designated 'A', 'B', 'X', and 'Y' in sequence from front to rear. The F-class ships were repeats of the preceding E class. The F class was fitted with two above-water quadruple torpedo tube mounts for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes. Only later were improved torpedo detonators and depth charges suitable for aircraft use developed. She then returned to Gibraltar and escorted the aircraft carriers Argus and Ark Royal during Operations Coat and White in November. A month later Forester was one of the private escorts london for Force H during Operation Hurry, a mission to fly off fighter aircraft for Malta and conduct an airstrike on Cagliari on 2 August. HMS Forester was one of nine F-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the early 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion, the ship was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1935-36 during the Abyssinia Crisis. Two days later, Forester was one of the screen for the battleship Rodney and the battlecruiser Renown as they sailed back to Scapa Flow to refuel.
On 10 March 1943, the Germans added a refinement to the U-boat Enigma key, blinding Allied code breakers at Bletchley Park for 9 days. Ten days later, they attacked Dakar, but were driven off by the Vichy French defences. A dozen years later, Mitchum would costar in a film called River of No Return with Marilyn Monroe -- the former Mrs. James Dougherty. Two months later, Forester escorted the battleship Warspite during the Second Battle of Narvik on 13 April and engaged several German destroyers. Only lightly damaged herself, she escorted the badly damaged destroyer Cossack to Skjelfjord for temporary repairs after the battle. Forester had her rear torpedo tubes replaced by a 12-pounder (76 mm) AA gun when she returned to England in October 1941. In April-June 1943, she was converted into an escort destroyer. The torpedo blew a large hole in the ship, but the British tried to salvage her. Vichy, France, attacks British Gibraltar with planes from its bases in French Morocco. Forester accomplished the same mission off Gibraltar in September-October of the same year.
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