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Allied Warships

HMS Wivern (D 66)

Destroyer of the Admiralty Modified W class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAdmiralty Modified W 
PennantD 66 
Built byJ.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
OrderedJan, 1918 
Laid down19 Aug, 1918 
Launched16 Apr, 1919 
Commissioned23 Dec, 1919 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySold to be broken up for scrap on 18 February 1947.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Walter Evershed, RN
31 July 1939 - 17 January 1940

Cdr. William Charles Bushell, RN
17 January 1940- May 1940

Lt. John Wychard Harbottle, RN
May 1940 – 26 June 1940

Cdr. Michael Donston Capel Meyrick, RN
26 June 1940 – ???

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Lt. J.M. Hay, RN
??? - ???

HMS Wivern was in Dockyard Control during repairs

Lt. Charles Courtney Anderson, RN
26 June 1944 > ???

HMS Wivern is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Wivern include:

22 Feb, 1943
HMS Wivern was damaged by exploding depth charges from the sinking Canadian corvette HMCS Weburn.

14 Mar, 1945
The German submarine U-714 was sunk in the North Sea near the Firth of Forth, in position 55º57'N, 01º57'W, by depth charges from the South African frigate HMSAS Natal and the British destroyer HMS Wivern. (see map)


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