HMS Welshman (M 84)
| Name | HMS Welshman (M 84) | ||
| Type: | Cruiser-minelayer (Abdiel) | ||
| Tonnage | 2.650 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - Hawthorn Leslie & Co, Hebburn-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 1 Feb, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-617 (Albrecht Brandi) | ||
| Position | 32.12N, 24.52E - Grid CO 6776 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (152 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Malta - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | HMS Welshman (M 84) made about eight supply runs to Malta in 1942. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 17.45 hours on 1 Feb, 1943, U-617 fired a spread of four torpedoes at a vessel identified as cruiser of the Dido-class and observed two hits and a boiler explosion. At 17.55 hours, the ship capsized and later sank by the stern. The victim was HMS Welshman (M 84) (Capt W.H.D. Friedberger, DSO, RN) which sank 35 miles east-northeast off Tobruk, Libya. Nine officers and 139 ratings were lost, also an unknown number of military passengers (among them four aircrew members that had been badly burnt in a plane crash on Malta). Only a few survivors were rescued. | ||
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