| Noteable events involving Wild Swan include: 11 Mar, 1940
The British destroyers HMS Broke (Cdr. B.G. Scurfield, RN) and HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Younghusband, RN)
together pick up 42 survivors from the Dutch tanker Eulota that was torpedoed and sunk about 120 nautical miles west of Quessant in position 48º35'N, 08º22'W by the German submarine U-28 31 Jul, 1940
HMS Whitshed (Cdr. E.R. Conder, DSC, RN) struck a mine off Harwich and was badly damaged. She was towed back to port by HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Younghusband, DSC, RN).
13 Sep, 1940
During the night of 13/14 September 1940, the British destroyers HMS Malcolm (Capt. T.E. Halsey, DSO, RN), HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. C.E.L. Sclater, RN) and HMS Venomous (Lt.Cdr. J.E.H. McBeath, DSO, RN) bombard Boulogne in a sweep along the French coast. 9 Jan, 1941
HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. C.E.L. Sclater, RN) picks up 56 survivors from the British merchant Bassano that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-105 north-west of Rockall in position 57º57'N, 17º42'W. 17 Jun, 1942
Wild Swan was returning alone to Plymouth to refit when she was attacked and sunk by twelve German dive bombers, but not before six of the enemy aircraft had been shot down, a feat unsurpassed in a single ship action. (see Times obituary of Cmdr Claude Sclater dated 3 May 1986) |
