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HMS Martin (G 44)

Destroyer of the M class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassM 
PennantG 44 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) : Parsons 
Ordered 
Laid down23 Oct, 1939 
Launched12 Dec, 1940 
Commissioned4 Apr, 1942 
Lost10 Nov, 1942 
Loss position37.53N, 03.57E (See a map)
 
HistoryHMS Martin (Cdr. Charles Richard Powys Thomson, DSO, RN) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-431 northeast of Algiers, Algeria in position 37º53'N, 03º57'E. 161 Officers and men went down with the ship. There 63 survivors.

Commanding Officer:
Cdr. Charles Richard Powys Thomson, RN
10 December 1941 - 11 November 1942+
DSO awarded on 25 August 1942 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 10 Nov, 1942 by U-431 (Dommes).

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