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HMS Wren (i) (D 88)

Destroyer of the Admiralty Modified W class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAdmiralty Modified W 
PennantD 88 
Built byYarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) 
OrderedJan, 1918 
Laid downJun, 1918 
Launched11 Nov, 1919 
Commissioned27 Jan, 1923 
Lost27 Jul, 1940 
Loss position52.10N, 02.06E (See a map)
 
HistoryHMS Wren was completed by Pembroke Dockyard.

HMS Wren (Lt.Cdr. Frederick William George Harker, RN) was bombed and sunk on 27 July 1940 by German aircraft about 20 nautical miles east of Aldeburgh in position 52º10'N, 02º06'E. HMS Montrose was damaged in the same attack.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. William Halford Selby, RN
31 July 1939 – 13 January 1940

Cdr. Harold Thomas Armstrong, RN
13 January 1940 – 30 May 1940

Lt.Cdr. Frederick William George Harker, RN
30 May 1940 – 27 July 1940+ 

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