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HMS Cleveland (L 46)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type I) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type I) 
PennantL 46 
Built byYarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Jul, 1939 
Launched24 Apr, 1940 
Commissioned18 Sep, 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Wrecked off Swansea on 28 June 1957 while en route to the shipbreakers.

She sailed from UK in November 1942 as escort for convoy KMS2. On 5 July 1943 rendered assistance to the torpedoed British merchant Devis off Algiers. In July 1943 she supported the landings in Sicily. In September 1943 she supported the Salerno landings and in August 1944 the landings in the south of France. In September-October 1944 Cleveland was in the Aegean clearing the the islands and Greek mainland of German troops.

Named after a 'Hunt' in Yorkshire, northern England.
Was the fourth R.N. ship of the name.

Battle Honours;
Atlantic 1942
English Channel 1942 - 1943
North Sea 1943
Sicily 1943
Salerno 1943
South France 1944
Aegean 1944
Adriatic 1944

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. William Stratford Clouston, RN
31 July 1940 – 10 October 1941

Cdr. Guy Bourchier Sayer, RN
10 October 1941 – 29 January 1943

Lt. James Kenneth Hamilton, RN
29 January 1943 – 17 April 1944

Lt.Cdr. J.C. Lapage, RN
17 April 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Cleveland include:

5 Jul, 1943
HMS Cleveland (Lt. J.K. Hamilton, RN) picks up 291 survivors from the British merchant Devis that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-593 north-east of Cap Bengut, Algeria in position 37º01'N, 04º10'E.


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