HMS_Wensleydale

HMS <i>Wensleydale</i>

HMS Wensleydale

Destroyer of the Royal Navy

HMS Wensleydale was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was a member of the third subgroup of the class, and saw service in the Second World War. She was adopted by the civil community of Swinton and Pendlebury during Warship Week in 1942.[2] As good luck she carried fox pads from the Wensydale Hounds gifted by the Chapman family of Thronton Rust, Wenslydae.

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In 1946 she was laid up at West Hartlepool. She was sold and scrapped by Hughes Bolckow arriving at their yard in Blythe on 25 February 1947.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Brown, DK Nelson to Vanguard p107
  2. [2]
    Mason, Geoffrey B. (2004). Gordon Smith (ed.). "HMS Wensleydale (L 86) - Type 2, Hunt-class Escort Destroyer". naval-history.net. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  3. [3]
    Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 43

Publications

Further reading

  • Whitby, Michael (2022). "The Challenges of Operation 'Tunnel', September 1943 — April 1944". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2022. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. pp. 29–46. ISBN 978-1-4728-4781-2.
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