HMS Quail
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The
destroyer HMS Quail was built in Hebburn and launched for
Royal Navy in June 1942. She was put in service in January
1943 and sent to Home Fleet in Scapa Flow. She did service
there as an escort in two convoys, and in August and
September 1943 she participated in operations in the
Mediterranean. She was stationed in Bari in October, and
15.November under a patrol in the Adriatic Sea she hit a
mine laid by the German uboat U-453 under command of
Kptlt. Egon Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach. Quail was
beached and later towed to Bari. In the beginning of 1944
she was again taken in tow to Taranto, and in May she was
destined for Malta and further reparations. En route she
capsized and sank 18.May 1944. The wreck was found in 2002
on a depth of 90 meter outside Taranto by the Italian
diver Claudia Serpieri.
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17.52E  HMS Quail, G45 Imperial War Museum Photo FL17782   Pictures: German type VII uboat & Egon Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach Courtesy of uboat.net Last updated: September 2019 |
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