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HMS Blean (L 47)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type III) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type III) 
PennantL 47 
Built byHawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Feb, 1941 
Launched15 Jan, 1942 
Commissioned23 Aug, 1942 
Lost11 Dec, 1942 
Loss position35.55N, 01.50W (See a map)
 
History

HMS Blean (Lt. Norman John Parker, RN) was sunk about 60 nautical miles west of Oran, Algeria in position 35º55'N, 01º50'W by a torpedo from the German submarine U-443. 89 members of her crew went down with the ship.

Commanding Officer:
Lt. Norman John Parker, RN
20 July 1942 - 11 December 1942 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 11 Dec, 1942 by U-443 (Puttkamer).

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