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HMS Martin (G 44)

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NameHMS Martin (G 44)
Type:Destroyer (M-class)
Tonnage1.920 tons
Completed1942 - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, High Walker Yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
OwnerThe Admiralty 
Homeport 
Date of attack10 Nov, 1942Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-431 (Wilhelm Dommes)
Position37.53N, 03.57E - Grid CH 9247
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Complement224 officers and men (161 dead and 63 survivors).
ConvoyTorch 
Route 
Cargo 
History  
Notes on loss At 03.54 hours on 10 Nov, 1942, U-431 fired torpedoes at the Force H covering the landings during Operation Torch northeast of Algiers and reported three hits on a Leander-class cruiser, which blew up and a destroyer damaged. In fact, the ship hit was the HMS Martin (G 44) (Cdr C.R.P. Thomson, DSO, RN). 


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