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HMS Hurricane (H 06)

Destroyer of the Havant class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassHavant 
PennantH 06 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down3 Jun, 1938 
Launched29 Sep, 1939 
Commissioned21 Jun, 1940 
Lost24 Dec, 1943 
Loss position45.10N, 22.05W (See a map)
 
HistoryHMS Hurricane (Lt.Cdr. Hugh Crofton Simms, RN) was bombed and sunk in a German air raid on Liverpool during the night of 7/8 May 1941. Raised, repaired and returned to service in January 1942.

At 20.57 hours on 24 December 1943 HMS Hurricane (Cdr. C.E.E. Paterson, RN) was hit by one Gnat from the German submarine U-415 and sank north-east of Azores in position 45º10'N, 22º05'W. The destroyer served with the 1st Escort Group escorting the combined convoy OS-62/KMS-36 and supporting the task force of the American escort carrier USS Card.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Hugh Crofton Simms, RN
21 April 1940 - ???

HMS Hurricane was in Dockyard Control during repairs

Lt.Cdr. Francis Cumberland Brodrick, RN
2 December 1941 – 23 June 1942

Cdr. Edward Cresswell Bayldon, DSC, RN
23 June 1942 – 13 December 1943

Cdr. C.E.E. Paterson, RN
13 December 1943 – 24 December 1943 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 24 Dec, 1943 by U-415 (Neide).

Former nameBrazilian Japarua

Noteable events involving Hurricane include:

25 Jun, 1940
HMS Hurricane (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Simms, RN) picks up 40 survivors from the British tanker Saranac that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-51 about 270 nautical miles west-south-west of Lands End in position 48º24'N, 15º05'W.

27 Jun, 1940
The survivors from the Dutch tanker Leticia were sighted on the 27th June 1940 by two British destroyers. They were picked up by HMS Hurricane (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Simms, RN) and arrived at Plymouth two days later.

HMS Hurricane and her sister ship HMS Havelock (Capt. E.B.K. Stevens, DSC, RN) also pick up 27 survivors from the Norwegian merechant Lenda that was sunk about 160 nautical miles south-west of Fastnet, Ireland in position 50º00'N, 13º24'W by gunfire from the German submarine U-47.

29 Jun, 1940
About 05.00 hours on 29 June 1940, the unescorted British merchant Empire Toucan was torpedoed by the German submarine U-47 190 nautical miles south-west of Fastnet and broke in two. The U-boat sank the afterpart by gunfire. The bowsection was sunk by gunfire by the British destroyer HMS Hurricane (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Simms, RN), which picked up the master and 30 crew members and landed them at Plymouth.

18 Sep, 1940
HMS Hurricane (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Simms, RN) picks up 105 survivors from the British passenger ship City of Benares that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-48 253 nautical miles west-south-west of Rockall in position 56º43'N, 21º15'W.

HMS Hurricane also picks up 20 survivors from the British merchant Marina that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-48 253 nautical miles west-south-west of Rockall in position 56º46'N, 21º15'W.

7 Mar, 1941
HMS Hurricane (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Simms, RN) picks up 99 survivors from the British whale factory ship Terje Viken that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarines U-47 and U-99 south-east of Iceland in position 60º00'N, 12º50'W. The wreck of the Terje Viken was scuttled by gunfire of a British salvage tug.

27 Apr, 1941
The British merchant Henri Mory is torpedoed and sunk about 330 nautical miles west-north-west of Blaskets Islands, Ireland in position 54º21'N, 19º30'W. HMS Hurricane (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Simms, RN) later picks up 3 survivors.

29 Apr, 1941
HMS Hurricane (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Simms, RN) rescued the master, 170 crew members, eight gunners and 273 passengers from the British steam passenger ship City of Nagpur which was sunk in position 52º30'N, 26º00'W by the German submarine U-75. The survivors were landed at Greenock.


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