uboat.net

Allied Warships

HMS Obdurate (G 39)

Destroyer of the O class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassO 
PennantG 39 
Built byWilliam Denny & Brothers (Dumbarton, Scotland) 
Ordered3 Sep, 1939 
Laid down25 Apr, 1940 
Launched19 Feb, 1942 
Commissioned3 Sep, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryScrapped at Inverkeithing in November 1964.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Claude Edward Lutley Sclater, RN
21 July 1942 – 13 February 1945
DSO awarded on 15 September 1942
Bar to DSO awarded on 16 March 1943

Lt.Cdr. Robert Denys Franks, OBE, DSO, RN
13 February 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
DSC awarded on 16 February 1945 

Hit by U-boat
Damaged on 25 Jan, 1944 by U-360 (Becker).


Noteable events involving Obdurate include:

25 Jan, 1944
At 18.33 hours on 25 January 1944 while in position 73º28'N, 21º30'E, HMS Obdurate (Lt.Cdr. C.E.L. Sclater, DSO and Bar, RN) was hit and damaged by a Gnat-torpedo from the German submarine U-360 while escorting the convoy JW-56A to North Russia. The U-boat missed the damaged destroyer with a coup de grâce at 18.44 hours. (see map)


Return to the Allied Warships section