October 1939 she participated in sinking of in the Western Approaches with destroyers , and . On 29 November 1939 was scuttled by its crew in the North Sea, after a depth charge attack from Icarus, and . All 43 hands on board survived. On 6 March 1944 she sank while in company with the corvette , the Canadian frigate , corvettes and and destroyers Chaudiere and in the North Atlantic. On 21 January 1945 she sank while in company with the corvette in the English Channel near the Isles of Scilly. A long-time captain of Icarus, Colin Maud, was the Juno beach master at the D-day landings; in the film The Longest Day, he was played by Kenneth More, complete with bulldog. Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans, famous for his part in sailing , down the Yangtze River, a feat made famous in the film Yangtse Incident, also served in Icarus as "number one". Icarus was paid off on 29 August 1946, handed over to the British Iron & Steel Corporation on 29 October 1946 and broken up at Troon in Scotland. Notes Bibliography External links Icarus at Uboat net Icarus service history at naval-history.net I-class destroyers of the Royal Navy Ships built on the River Clyde 1936 ships World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom