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 Sunk on 19 Aug 1941 by U-204 (Kell).
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)

2 Jun 1941
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Lance (Lt.Cdr. R.W.F. Northcott, RN) and HNoMS Bath (Lt.Cdr. C.F.T. Melsom). (2)

7 Jun 1941
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Jupiter (Lt.Cdr. N.V.J.P. Thew, RN), HNoMS Bath (Lt.Cdr. C.F.T. Melsom), HMS Black Swan (Cdr. T.A.C. Pakenham, RN) and HMS Stork (Lt. G.T.S. Gray, DSC, RN). (2)

9 Jun 1941
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HNoMS Bath (Lt.Cdr. C.F.T. Melsom) and HMAS Nestor (Cdr. A.S. Rosenthal, RAN). (2)

17 Jun 1941
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Charlestown (Lt.Cdr. T. Johnston, RN) and HNoMS Bath (Lt.Cdr. C.F.T. Melsom). (2)