HMS Puckeridge (L 108)
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| Name | HMS Puckeridge (L 108) | ||
| Type: | Destroyer (Hunt Type II) | ||
| Tonnage | 1.050 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - J.S. White & Co, Cowes | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 6 Sep, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-617 (Albrecht Brandi) | ||
| Position | 36.06N, 04.44W - Grid CG 96 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 191 officers and men (62 dead and 129 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Gibraltar - Oran | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | On 13 Dec, 1941, HMS Puckeridge (L 108), en route from Portsmouth to Liverpool, was attacked and damaged by German aircraft in the Irish Sea. 18 ratings were killed and 20 crew members were wounded. The ship was towed to Pembroke Dock, where she was repaired until mid-August 1942. | ||
| Notes on loss | Around 20.15 hours on 6 Sep, 1943, HMS Puckeridge (L 108) (Lt John Cecil Cartwright, DSC, RN) was hit by two of four torpedoes fired by U-617 and sank about 40 miles east of Gibraltar. The destroyer was en route alone taking important messages to Oran. | ||
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