HMS Vervain (K 190)
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| Name | HMS Vervain (K 190) | ||
| Type: | Corvette (Flower) | ||
| Tonnage | 925 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 20 Feb 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-1276 (Karl-Heinz Wendt) | ||
| Position | 51.47N, 07.06W - Grid AM 89 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 94 officers and men (60 dead and 34 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-337 | ||
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| History | Laid down as HMS Broom (K 190), commissioned in June 1941 as HMS Vervain (K 190). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 11.45 hours on 20 Feb, 1945, HMS Vervain (K 190) (T/A/LtCdr R.A. Howell, RNVR) was hit by a torpedo from U-1276 while escorting the convoy HX-337 and sank after 20 minutes about 25 miles south-east of Dungarvan, Ireland. The commander, three officers and 56 ratings were lost. The U-boat was sunk after this attack by HMS Amethyst (U 16) (LtCdr N. Scott-Elliot, DSC, RN) from the same convoy. Three officers and 31 ratings were rescued. | ||
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