HMS Marne (G 35)
HMS Marne (G 35) in Malta 1948
| Name | HMS Marne (G 35) | ||
| Type: | Destroyer (M-class) | ||
| Tonnage | 1.920 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker Yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 12 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-515 (Werner Henke) | ||
| Position | 35.50N, 09.57W - Grid CG 8850 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | Torch | ||
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| History | Sold to the Turkish Navy in 1958 being renamed Maresal Fevzi Cakmak. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.15 hours on 12 Nov, 1942, U-515 fired a spread of four torpedoes at HMS Hecla (F 20), which was misidentified as a Birmingham class cruiser and hit her in the engine room. Two torpedoes were surface-runner and the last also malfunctioned and was a circle-runner. The U-boat then hit the ship with three coups de grâce at 01.28, 01.49 and 02.06 hours, sinking the vessel. At 02.11 hours, U-515 fired two torpedoes and badly damaged the escorting HMS Marne (G 35). | ||
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