HMS Edinburgh (16)
| Name | HMS Edinburgh (16) | ||
| Type: | Light cruiser (Belfast) | ||
| Tonnage | 11.500 tons | ||
| Completed | 1939 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 30 Apr, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-456 (Max-Martin Teichert) | ||
| Position | 73.09N, 32.45E - Grid AC 5519 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (57 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | QP-11 | ||
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| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.18 hours on 30 Apr, 1942, HMS Edinburgh (16) (Capt Faulkner) was hit by two torpedoes from U-456 north of Murmansk, while escorting the convoy QP-11. On 2 May, she was under tow back to the Kola Inlet, when she was attacked by three German destroyers and was hit by one torpedo from Z-24. She was scuttled by a coup de grāce from HMS Foresight (H 68) in 71°51N/35°10E. | ||
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