HMS Beverley (H 64)
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| Name | HMS Beverley (H 64) | ||
| Type: | Destroyer (Town) | ||
| Tonnage | 1,190 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Newport News VA | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 11 Apr 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-188 (Siegfried Lüdden) | ||
| Position | 52.19N, 40.28W - Grid AJ 9661 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 155 officers and men (151 dead and 4 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-176 | ||
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| History | Built as USS Branch (DD 197). On 8 Oct, 1940 transferred to the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Beverley (H 64). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.49 hours on 11 Apr, 1943, U-188 fired a torpedo at the convoy ON-176 southwest of Iceland and observed a hit on a tanker after 1 minute 34 seconds, which finally sank after 45 minutes with a broken back. At 05.50 hours, two torpedoes were fired and after 1 minute 58 seconds and 2 minutes 11 seconds hits on two ships were heard. At 05.52 hours again two torpedoes were fired, which hit a fourth ship after 1 minute 58 seconds that began to settle by the bow. On 9 Apr, 1943, HMS Beverley (H 64) had been seriously damaged in a collision with the British steam merchant Cairnvalona (4929 tons) and took station in the rear of the convoy, until she was torpedoed some 30 hours later. | ||
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