HMS Vervain was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War.

In March 1942, the ship was adopted by the village of Queensbury in West Yorkshire.[2]

On 28 February 1943 the Liberty ship SS Wade Hampton was torpedoed by German submarine U-405 while sailing in a convoy from New York to Murmansk, Russia. Survivors were picked up by Vervain and HMS Beverley near Greenland.[3]

On 20 February 1945 at 11.45 hours Vervain was escorting a homeward-bound convoy when she was sunk by a torpedo from a U-boat, U-1276 under Oberleutnant zur See Karl-Heinz Wendt, about 25 miles south-east of Dungarvan, Ireland, south of Waterford. Vervain sank after 20 minutes. The commander, three officers and 56 ratings were lost. Three officers and 30 ratings were rescued.[4] In turn the U-boat, U-1276 was sunk with depth charges by HMS Amethyst. The action resulted in the loss of all 49 of the U-boat's crew.

HMS Vervain is a Designated vessel under schedule 1 of The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2012.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 149. ISBN 9780752488615.
  2. ^ "Queensbury Remembers". Queensbury Remembers. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Wade Hampton". uboat.net. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. ^ "WEEKLY RESUME (No. 286) of the NAVAL, MILITARY AND AIR SITUATION from 0700 15th February to 0700 22nd February" (PDF). War Cabinet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2009 – via The National Archives.
  5. ^ "The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2012".

Publications

  • Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Vervain". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net.

51°47′N 7°6′W / 51.783°N 7.100°W / 51.783; -7.100

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