HMS Dulverton (L63)
HMS Dulverton, the first
ship of that name was a
Second World War-era Type II
Hunt class destroyer of the
Royal Navy. Launched in 1941, she was damaged by German aircraft in 1943 and was scuttled.
Dulverton was ordered from
Stephen and Sons of
Govan on the outbreak of war in
1939. She was laid down on
16 July 1940, and launched
1 April 1941. She was completed by September
1941.
Dulverton participated in many operations, including escorting troop convoys bound for
Suez Canal and the convoys to
Malta including the first one to lift the siege there, supporting the
British Eighth Army in North Africa, the
Tobruk Raid, and the destruction of
U-559 with other destroyers and the
Royal Air Force.
In October
1943 was part of a force that was trying to capture the Greek islands of
Kos and
Leros.
20 October and the
4 November. On
12 November,
Dulverton returned to support the garrison on Leros which had just been invaded by the Germans. Whilst five miles off the coast of Kos she was attacked by German aircraft using glider bombs, one of which struck
Dulverton abreast of the bridge. Six officers and 114 ratings were evacuated from the ship before she was scuttled by
HMS Belvoir, but three officers and 114 ratings were lost.
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