HMS Limbourne
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HMS
Limbourne was a Hunt class destroyer built by Alexander
Stephen & Sons Co.Ltd in Glasgow, and was launched in
May 1942. She was commissioned in October 1942 and joined
Royal Navy's Home Fleet. She was assigned with escort duty
in English waters and convoys to Gibraltar and
Mediterranean. In October 1943 she was part of Operation
Tunnel, the intercept of the steamer Münsterland, a German
ship carrying important supplies. The British force
consisted of the cruiser HMS Charybdis and six destroyers.
The German convoy were spotted on radars at night
23.October 1943, but the enemy escorts were the first to
react. At 1:30 am at night Limbourne and Charybdis were
both hit by torpedoes fired from the German torpedo boats
T23 and T27 outside Sept- Iles. Limbourne's ammunition
storage went off killing forty of her crew. She was taken
under tow, but it was apparent that she was not sea
worthy. Orders to abandon ship was given, and she was
scuttled by her own crew. The wreck was found in 1993 and
rest on a depth of 75 to 80 meter.
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 Picture: HMS Limbourne Courtesy of Royal Navy, Public domain Last updated: January 2021 |
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