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HMS Wakeful (i) (H 88)

Destroyer of the Admiralty V & W class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAdmiralty V & W 
PennantH 88 
Built byJohn Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down17 Jan, 1917 
Launched6 Oct, 1917 
Commissioned16 Nov, 1917 
Lost29 May, 1940 
Loss position51.22N, 02.43E (See a map)
 
HistoryOn 29 May 1940 HMS Wakeful (Cdr. Ralph Lindsay Fisher, RN) was torpedoed and sunk by German motor torpedo boat S-30 while participating in the evacuation of French, English, and Belgian troops off Dunkirk.
The wreck lies in position 51º22'44"N, 02º43'22"E.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke, RN
31 July 1939 - 18 December 1939

Lt.Cdr. Ralph Lindsay Fisher, RN
Promoted to Cdr. on 31 December 1939
18 December 1939 - 29 May 1940 

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