Allied Warships

HMS Walpole (D 41)

Destroyer of the Admiralty V & W class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAdmiralty V & W 
PennantD 41 
Built byDoxford Shipyard (Sunderland, U.K.) 
Ordered9 Dec 1916 
Laid downMay 1917 
Launched12 Feb 1918 
Commissioned7 Aug 1918 
Lost6 Jan 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Heavily damaged by a mine off Flushing, the Netherlands in position 52º33'N, 03º06'E. 2 of the crew were killed. She was taken back to Kent where she was declared a constructive total loss not worth repairing.

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 8 February 1945.

 

Commands listed for HMS Walpole (D 41)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Anthony Frank Burnell-Nugent, RN9 Jan 193921 Nov 1939
2Lt.Cdr. Harold Godfrey Bowerman, RN21 Dec 1939???

3Lt.Cdr. John Henry Eaden, DSC, RN14 Mar 1941Aug 1942
4Lt. Arthur Shubrook Pomeroy, RNAug 1942Sep 1943
5Lt. George Clement Crowley, DSC, RNSep 1943Jan 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Walpole include:


30 Oct 1939
HMS Walpole (Lt.Cdr. A.F. Burnell-Nugent, RN) and HMS Whirlwind (Lt.Cdr. M.B. Ewart-Wentworth, RN) scuttle the British merchant Bronte with gunfire in position 50º07'N, 10º36'W. HMS Walpole takes on board the 42 crewmembers of the Bronte.

The Bronte was torpedoed and damaged on 27 October 1939 by the German submarine U-34 180 nautical miles west of Lands End in position 49º30'N, 12º15'W. (see map)

8 Mar 1940
HMS Walpole (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Bowerman, RN) picks up 78 survivors from the British merchant Counsellor that was sunk 6 nautical miles bering 280 from Liverpool Bar Lightship in position 53º38'N, 03º23'W after hitting a mine laid on 6 January 1940 by the German submarine U-30

13 May 1940
HMS Walpole (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Bowerman, RN) evacuated from IJmuiden, Holland leading members of the Netherlands bank and industrial diamonds.

27 Jul 1940
HMS Walpole (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Bowerman, RN) was damaged by bombs from German aircraft while escorting a convoy off Dover.

28 Oct 1940
HMS Walpole (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Bowerman, RN) detonates a magnetic mine. She is damaged and towed to Sheerness by HMS Windsor (Lt.Cdr. G.P. Huddart, RN). Repairs at Green R & H Green and Silley Weir Ltd., London last to April 1941.

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British destroyers & frigates

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Destroyers of World War Two

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