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Re: HMS Tweed
Posted by: Brian ()
Date: May 01, 2003 11:23AM

<HTML>Hi Brian,
HMS Tweed, K.250, was a "River" class frigate built by Inglis, launched 27/11/42 & completed 1943. She was 1370 ts, and armed with 2-102mm guns.
On 7/1/444 she was part of the 5th Support Group, composed of herself, sisteship Nene and 4 "Flower" class corvettes", deployed to attempt an interception of a German blockade runner NW of the Spanish coast.
While engaged in the task, the ships crossed paths with, and were attacked by, the U-boote of the "Borkum" wolfpack, Tweed being torpdoed and sunk by U-305 at 1711 hrs, in position 48.18 N, 21.19 W. I have no info on casualties.
The sub was sunk 10 days later by the DD Wanderer & the PF Glenarm (ex Strule, later French Croix de Lorraine) at posiion 49.39 N, 20.10 W. Corvette Geranium may have also been involved in this attack, sources are unclear.
HTH, Brian</HTML>

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HMS Tweed Brian Evans 05/01/2003 09:33AM
Re: HMS Tweed Brian 05/01/2003 11:23AM
Re: HMS Tweed Douglas Struthers 05/01/2003 02:57PM
Re: HMS Tweed Douglas Struthers 05/02/2003 07:17AM
Re: HMS Tweed stevebecker 05/10/2003 05:17AM
Re: HMS Tweed William Brown 05/16/2003 12:55PM


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