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HMS Hurworth (L 28)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type II) 
PennantL 28 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.): Parsons 
Ordered 
Laid down10 Apr, 1940 
Launched10 Apr, 1941 
Commissioned5 Oct, 1941 
Lost22 Oct, 1943 
Loss position36.59N, 27.06E (See a map)
 
History

HMS Hurworth (Cdr. Royston Hollis Wright, DSC, RN) was sunk by a German mine off east off Kalymnos, Dodecanese in position 36º59'N, 27º06'E.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. John Travis Beaufoy Birch, RN
18 August 1941 - 24 March 1943
DSC awarded on 29 September 1942
DSO awarded on ???

Cdr. Royston Hollis Wright, DSC, RN
24 March 1943 - 22 October 1943 


Noteable events involving Hurworth include:

29 May, 1942
The German submarine U-568 was sunk in the Mediterranean north-east of Tobruk, in position 32º42'N, 24º53'E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Hero (Lt. W. Scott, RN) and the British escort destroyers HMS Eridge (Lt.Cdr. W.F.N. Gregory-Smith, DSC, RN) and HMS Hurworth (Lt.Cdr. J.T.B. Birch, RN). (see map)

30 Oct, 1942
The German submarine U-559 was sunk in the Mediterranean north-east of Port Said, in position 32º30'N, 33º00'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Pakenham (Capt. E.B.K. Stevens, DSO, DSC, RN), HMS Petard (Lt.Cdr. M. Thornton, DSC, RN), HMS Hero (Lt. W. Scott, DSC, RN) and the British escort destroyers HMS Dulverton (Lt.Cdr. W.N. Petch, DSO, OBE, RN), HMS Hurworth (Lt.Cdr. J.T.B. Birch, DSO, DSC, RN) and a British Short Sunderland aircraft from RAF 47 Sqn. (see map)


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