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HMS Wheatland (L 122)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type II) 
PennantL 122 
Built byYarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down30 May, 1940 
Launched7 Jun, 1941 
Commissioned3 Nov, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Hulked in 1955.
Scrapped at Bo'ness on 20 September 1959.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Ronald de Leighton Brooke, RN
7 October 1941 - September 1943
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 16 June 1942
DSC awarded on 1 December 1942
Bar to DSC awarded on 6 April 1943
DSO awarded on 4 May 1943

Lt. Hugh Askew Corbett, RN
September 1943 – 18 December 1944
DSC awarded on 5 October 1943

A/Lt.Cdr. Philip Archer-Shee, RN
18 December 1944 – 14 August 1945

A/Lt.Cdr. R.G. Woodward, RN
14 August 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Wheatland include:

17 Feb, 1943
Around 2200 hours the Italian submarine Asteria (630 tons) was sunk off Bougie, Algeria by the British escort destroyers HMS Wheatland (Lt.Cdr. R. de L. Brooke, DSC, RN) and HMS Easton (Lt. C.W. Malins, RN).

23 Feb, 1943
The German submarine U-443 was sunk in the Mediterranean near Algiers, in position 36º55'N, 02º25'E, by depth charges from the British escort destroyers HMS Bicester (Lt.Cdr. S.W.F. Bennetts, RN) and HMS Lamerton (Lt.Cdr. C.R. Purse, DSC, RN), HMS Wheatland (Lt.Cdr. R.deL. Brooke, DSC, RN). (see map)


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