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Allied Warships

HMS Wessex (ii) (R 78)

Destroyer of the W class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassW 
PennantR 78 
Built byFairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) 
OrderedDec, 1941 
Laid down25 Oct, 1942 
Launched2 Sep, 1943 
Commissioned11 May, 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySold to South Africa on 29 March 1950 being renamed Jan Van Riebeeck.

Commanding Officer:
Lt.Cdr. Richard Horncastle, RN
27 March 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Wessex (ii) include:

25 Mar, 1980
She was paid off into reserve in 1975. Expended as missile target on 25 March, 1980.


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