HMS Blean (L 47)
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| Name | HMS Blean (L 47) | ||
| Type: | Destroyer (Hunt Type III) | ||
| Tonnage | 1.087 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Hawthorn Leslie & Co, Hebburn-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 11 Dec, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-443 (Konstantin von Puttkamer) | ||
| Position | 35.55N, 01.50W - Grid CH 7675 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (89 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KMF-4 | ||
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| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.25 hours on 11 Dec, 1942, U-443 hit HMS Blean (L 47) (Lt M.J. Parker) with one torpedo. Puttkamer thought that the second torpedo fired at 16.27 hours damaged a steamer in convoy KMF-4, but it hit the destroyer as well and sank her 11 miles 260° off Oran. | ||
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