Allied Warships
HNoMS Bath (I 17)
Destroyer of the Town class
HNoMS Bath (I 17) under her former name USS Hopewell (DD 181)
| Navy | The Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Town |
| Pennant | I 17 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 19 Jan 1918 |
| Launched | 8 Jun 1918 |
| Commissioned | 9 Jan 1941 |
| Lost | 19 Aug 1941 |
| Loss position | 49° 00'N, 17° 00'W |
| History | Transferred from the Royal Navy to the Royal Norwegian Navy on 9 January 1941. HNoMS Bath (Lt.Cdr. Fredrik Melsom) was escorting convoy OG-71 as part of the 5th Escort Group about 400 miles southwest of Ireland. During combat, the destroyer fell behind the convoy and was sunk by two torpedoes from the German submarine U-204 at 02.05 hours on 19 August 1941 in position 49º00'N, 17º00'W. The commanding officer and 82 crew members were lost. Hit by U-boat |
| U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HNoMS Bath |
| Former name | HMS Bath (I 17) |
Commands listed for HNoMS Bath (I 17)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Kaptain Christian Fredrik Thestrup Melsom, RNON | 18 Mar 1941 | 19 Aug 1941 (+) |
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Notable events involving Bath include:
13 Jan 1941
HNoMS Bath was docked at Glasgow. (1)
20 Jan 1941
HNoMS Bath was undocked at Glasgow. (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/16725
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.