HMS Bluebell (K 80)
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| Name | HMS Bluebell (K 80) | ||
| Type: | Corvette (Flower) | ||
| Tonnage | 925 tons | ||
| Completed | 1940 - Fleming & Ferguson Ltd, Paisley | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 17 Feb, 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-711 (Hans-Günther Lange) | ||
| Position | 69.36N, 35.29E - Grid AC 8942 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 86 officers and men (85 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | RA-64 | ||
| Route | Kola Inlet - Loch Ewe | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | On 13 Feb, 1945, the HMS Bluebell (K 80) towed the HMS Denbigh Castle (K 696) into Kola Inlet, after she was torpedoed by U-992 (Falke) while escorting the convoy JW-64. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 17 Feb, 1945, the HMS Bluebell (K 80) (Lt G.H. Walker, RNVR, DSC) was searching for U-boats off Kola Inlet ahead of the convoy RA-64, which set out on this day. At 17.30 hours, she was hit by a Gnat from U-711 and blew up. Only one man survived. | ||
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