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Allied Warships

HMS Bittern (L 07)

Sloop of the Bittern class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassBittern 
PennantL 07 
Built byJ.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down27 Aug, 1936 
Launched14 Jul, 1937 
Commissioned15 Mar, 1938 
Lost30 Apr, 1940 
Loss position64.28N, 11.30E (See a map)
 
History

HMS Bittern (Lt.Cdr. Robert Henry Mills, RN) was sunk by German bombers off Namsos, Norway in position 64º28'N, 11º30'E.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. George Frederick Stevens-Guille, RN
3 January 1938 – ?? March 1940
Promoted to Capt. on 31 December 1939

Lt.Cdr. Robert Henry Mills, RN
?? March 1940 - 30 April 1940 

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