HMS Exmouth
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HMS
Exmouth was an E class destroyer laid down by Portsmouth
Dockyard in Mars 1933. She was launched in January the
year after, and was commissioned in 5th Destroyer Flotilla
in November 1934. At the outbreak of World War Two she was
part of Home Fleet, and was transferred a couple of times
before she served as a convoy escort in the North Sea.
While she escorted a merchant ship under a journey from
Aberdden to Scapa Flow with war supplies, she was spotted
and torpedoed by the German uboat U-22 southeast of Wick
21. January 1940. She went down with all hands lost, and
only eighteen men were later washed ashore and buried with
honors in Wick. The wreck was found in 2001 by the
European Technical Dive Centre on a depth of 40 to 50
meter. The wreck site is considered a war grave, and a
memorial has been raised in Wick to honor the casualties
from the sinking.
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| 58°18'00.0"N 2°25'00.0"W ( Source: Maritime & Coast Guard Agency )  Picture: HMS Exmouth Courtesy of Uboat.net Last updated: March 2021 |
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