HMS CharybdisFrance,Europe
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HMS
Charybdis was laid down in Birkenhead 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. 1:30 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 her crew. The wreck was
found in 1993, and rest today on a depth of 75 to 85
meters.
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| 48°59 N 3°39 W  Picture: HMS Charybdis in 1943 Courtesy of Royal Navy, Public domain Last updated: January 2021 |
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