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HMS Wensleydale (L 86)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type III) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type III) 
PennantL 86 
Built byYarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 Jul, 1941 
Launched20 Jun, 1942 
Commissioned30 Oct, 1942 
End service21 Nov, 1944 
Loss position
 
History

HMS Wensleydale (A/Lt.Cdr. William Patterson Goodfellow, DSC, RNVR) was heavily damaged off Southend (in the Thames Estuary) in a collision with the British landing ship HMS LST-367 on 21 November 1944.
Decommissioned to reserve on 17 December 1944.
Not repaired.
Scrapped at Blyth on 15 February 1946.

See also this website on HMS Wensleydale (offsite link).

Commanding Officers:
Lt. John Aylmer McClure, DSC, RN
22 September 1942 - 28 June 1943

Lt. William Patterson Goodfellow, RNVR
28 June 1943 >
Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on ???
DSC awarded on ??? 


Noteable events involving Wensleydale include:

11 Jul, 1943
The British escort destoyers HMS Melbreak (Lt. G.E.C.G. Baines, RN), HMS Wensleydale (Lt. W.P. Goodfellow, RNVR) and the Norwegian escort destroyer HNoMS Glaisdale (Lt. D.E. Kjeholt, RNN) intercept a German convoy off Quessant, France. In the resulting battle the German minesweeper M-153 (874 tons) is sunk by the Glaisdale but Melbreak in turn is heavily damaged by the German torpedo boats T-24 and T-25.

5 Aug, 1944
The German submarine U-671 was sunk at 0200hrs on 5 Aug 1944 in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50º23'N, 00º06'E, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Stayner (Lt.Cdr. H.J. Hall, DSO, DSC, RNR) and the British escort destroyer HMS Wensleydale (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Goodfellow, RNVR). (see map)

20 Aug, 1944
The German submarine U-413 was sunk in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50º21'N, 00º01'W, by depth charges from the British escort destroyer HMS Wensleydale (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Goodfellow, RNVR) and the British destroyers HMS Forester (Lt. D.C. Beatty, RN) and HMS Vidette (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.S. Wooley, RNVR). (see map)


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