HMS CharybdisFrance,Europe
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HMS
Charybdis was laid down in Birkenhead in England in
November 1939, and was launched in September 1940. She was
commissioned in the Home Fleet in December 1941, but was
assigned back and forth several times between the
Mediterranean and the English waters. In October 1943 she
was part of Operation Tunnel, the intercept of the steamer
Münsterland, a German ship carrying vital supplies. The
British force consisted of HMS Charybdis and six
destroyers, including HMS Limbourne. They picked up the
German convoy on their radars at night 23.October 1943,
but the German escorts were the first to react. At approx
1:30 am at night Charybdis and Limbourne were both hit by
torpedoes from the German escorts T23 and T27 outside
Sept- Iles in France. Thirty minutes later Charybdis went
down, with more than four hundred men from the crew. The
wreck was found in 1993, and rest today on a depth of
approx 75 to 85 meters. Also see the story of HMS Limbourne.
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| 48°59 N 3°39 W  Picture: HMS Charybdis in 1943 Courtesy of Royal Navy, Public domain Originally from skovheim.org  Last updated: January 2021 |
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