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HMS Wellington (L 65 / U 65)

Sloop of the Grimsby class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassGrimsby 
PennantL 65 / U 65 
Built byDevonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.): J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Sep, 1933 
Launched29 May, 1934 
Commissioned24 Jan, 1935 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold 6 February 1947.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Richard E. Hyde-Smith, RN
7 November 1938 – 26 October 1940

Cdr. Ian Hamilton Bockett-Pugh, RN
26 October 1940 – February 1941

Lt.Cdr. William Francis Roderick Segrave, RN
February 1941 – 24 October 1942

Lt. Louis George Toone, RN
24 October 1942 – 4 March 1943

Lt.Cdr. John Treasure Jones, RD, RNR
4 March 1943 – 15 June 1943

Cdr. George Arthur Thring, DSO, RN
15 June 1943 – 13 April 1944

T/Lt. C.A. Shillan, RNVR
13 April 1944 - ???

Cdr. George Arthur Thring, DSO, RN
April 1944 – 21 September 1944

A/Lt.Cdr. Arthur Hague, RNR
21 September 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Wellington is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Wellington include:

1 Oct, 1940
The British passenger ship Highland Patriot is torpedoed and sunk about 500 nautical miles west of Bishop Rock in position 52º20'N, 19º04'W by the German submarine U-38. HMS Wellington (Cdr. R.E. Hyde-Smith, RN) later picks up 169 survivors.

21 May, 1942
HMS Wellington (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, RN) picks up 61 survivors from the British tanker Montenol that is torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36º41'N, 22º45'W.

HMS Wellington also picks up 10 survivors from the British merchant New Brunswick that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36º53'N, 22º55'W.

19 Jul, 1942
HMS Wellington (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, RN) picks up 41 survivors from the British merchant Lavington Court that is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-564 about 200 nautical miles north of the Azores in position 42º38'N, 25º28'W.


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