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HMS Brecon (L 76)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type IV) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type IV) 
PennantL 76 
Built byThornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down27 Feb, 1941 
Launched27 Jun, 1942 
Commissioned18 Dec, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped on 27 September 1962.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Terence Desmond Herrick, DSC and Bar, RN
16 November 1942 – January 1944

A/Lt.Cdr. Nigel Robert Harley Rodney, RN
January 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Brecon include:

10 Mar, 1944
The German submarine U-450 was sunk in the western Mediterranean south of Ostia, in position 41º11'N, 12º27'E, by depth charges from the British escort destroyers HMS Blankney, HMS Blencathra, HMS Brecon, HMS Exmoor and the US destroyer USS Madison. (see map)


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