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Destroyer of the Royal Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Winchelsea (D46) was an Admiralty W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered 9 December 1916 from J. Samuel White at Cowes during the 1916–17 Build Programme.
Winchelsea during World War II | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Winchelsea (D46) |
Ordered | 9 December 1916 |
Builder | J. Samuel White |
Laid down | 25 May 1917 |
Launched | 15 December 1917 |
Decommissioned | March 1945 |
Fate | Scrapped August 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | W class destroyer |
Winchelsea was launched on 15 December 1917 and was the 7th Royal Navy ship to carry this name, introduced in 1694 and named after the 6th Earl of Winchilsea (1647–1730)[1]
In March 1945 she was decommissioned and sold for scrap.[2]
September 1939 — with the 11th Destroyer Flotilla.
26 May–4 June 1940 — the Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo.
27 July 1940 — 84 survivors from the British freighters Sambre and Thiara were picked up. They had been torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-34 (1936), south-south-west of Rockall.
13-17 September 1940 — Escorts Convoy OB 213. After Winchelsea leaves, two ships in the convoy, including the child evacuation ship SS City of Benares, were attacked by a submarine. 260 people, including 258 passengers and crew from the Benares, are killed.
17 September 1940 — 25 survivors from the British freighter Crown Arun were picked up after the ship had been torpedoed and then sunk with gunfire by the German submarine U-99, north of Rockall.
2 November 1942 — 24 survivors were picked up after the British freighter Hartington had been torpedoed and sunk by U-521, approximately 450 nautical miles (830 km) east of Belle Isle.[3]
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