I noticed that Wikipedia has an article on HMS Nubian (F36). It refers to Nubian being involved in actions at Calabria, in July 1940, Metapan (March 1941), Sfax (April 1941) and Crete (May 1941). I had a look at newspaper articles around these dates. There are some articles about the British Royal Navy around these times (They seem to be fighting the Italians mainly before Crete). But there does not seem to be any names of the particular Royal Navy war ships involve. Other than this Article that mentions the British Destroyer Mohawk was sunk by a torpedo. (But Royal Navy otherwise annihilates enemy convoy).

Advocate, Burnie (Tas), Friday,18, April 1941, Page 1.

Philip L

APA citation
NAVY ANNIHILATES ENEMY CONVOY (1941, April 18). Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved August 14, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68502762

I am unable to find HMS Nubian specifically in 1941 Australian Newspapers but this article in the Advocate, Wednesday, 28, May 1941, may be of interest in regard to list of Royal Navy ships lost and the minor damage suffered by two unnamed battleships and several other   
 unnamed Cruisers in the battle of Crete.

Philip L

APA citation
MEDITERRANEAN FLEET LOSSES (1941, May 28). Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved August 10, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68508976

Hello Jim,

Following up on your post of a few years ago, I hope your project has progressed. Just wondering, did you happen to get a copy of the HMS Nubian's logbook? I ask because I am researching an incident that took place at the end of the Spanish Civil War, 29 March 1939 to be exact, and one source I have just discovered mentions that the Nubian may have been involved.
Best regards,
Bob Coale

Thank you very much!
Best,
Bob

I may add that the names of the  - G - H  and I class destroyers of the time may be found
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_and_H-class_destroy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-class_destroyer

Bob

All logbooks are held in the National Archives at Kew.

You can search using the catalogue:

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/advanced-search

Naval records of the time will have ADM references and if you want a log book, then the name of the ship and the date will be needed; you will also find a number of files on the Nyon agreement under Foreign Office [FO] references

Thank you for your reply.
Would anyone be able to point me in the direction of the archive that might hold the ships' logbooks ?
Best regards,
Bob Coale

I would presume that this would have involved a ship of the Mediterranean fleet;  British warships in the Med at the time included six cruisers [Shropshire; Sussex; Devonshire; Arethusa; Galatea; Penelope], but perhaps the destroyers were the more likely to be involved?

If so, then there were three flotillas [8 ships in each] – at this time they were the ‘G’, ‘H’ and ‘I’ class ships, and in 1939 were being joined by a fourth flotilla, with 8 of the new ‘Tribals’….   Which one of these was involved in this incident I cannot say… you have a wide choice.

Dear friends,
I am new to the forum and am looking for information on the British ships that were patrolling the Spanish Mediterraean coast in March of 1939 as part of the Nyon Agreement. Ideally, I am looking to identify a British ship. The French cargo SS Lezardrieux  left Valencia in the evening of 28 March 1939 and was ordred to stop by a rebel (Francoist) vessel in international waters at approximatedly 10 a.m. 29 March. A British warship, identity unkown, then interceeded and the Lezardreiux continued on its way to Oran with a boatful of refugees.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Bob Coale