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Allied Warships

HMS Bluebell (K 80)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 80 
Built byFleming & Ferguson Ltd. (Paisley, Scotland) 
Ordered25 Jul, 1939 
Laid down25 Oct, 1939 
Launched24 Apr, 1940 
Commissioned19 Jul, 1940 
Lost17 Feb, 1945 
Loss position69.36N, 35.29E (See a map)
 
History

HMS Bluebell (Lt. Geoffrey Herbert Walker, DSC, RNVR) was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-711 on the 17th February 1945 off the Kola Inlet (Russia) in position 69º36'N, 35º29'E.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Robert Evan Sherwood, RNR
May 1940 – 17 June 1942

Lt. Roy McEwen Sinclair, RNR
17 June 1942 - ???

Lt. Geoffrey Herbert Walker, DSC, RNVR
??? - 17 February 1945+ 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 17 Feb, 1945 by U-711 (Lange).


Noteable events involving Bluebell include:

16 Oct, 1940
HMS Bluebell (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Sherwood, RNR) picks up 14 survivors from the Canadian merchant Trevisa that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-124 218 nautical miles west of Rockall in position 57º28'N, 20º30'W.

17 Oct, 1940
HMS Bluebell (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Sherwood, RNR) picks up 39 survivors from the British tanker Languedoc and 39 survivors from the British merchant Scoresby that were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-48 about 160 nautical miles north-west of Rockall in position 59º14'N, 17º51'W.

19 Oct, 1940
HMS Bluebell (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Sherwood, RNR) picks up 37 survivors from the British merchant Beatus that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-46 about 100 nautical miles west by south of Barra Head in position 57º31'N, 13º10'W.

HMS Bluebell also picks up 35 survivors from the British merchant Empire Miniver that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-99 about 100 nautical miles west by south of Barra Head in position 56º40'N, 10º45'W.

16 Mar, 1941
HMS Bluebell (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Sherwood, RNR) picks up 40 survivors from the British tanker Venetia that was torpedoed and sunk west-south-west of the Faroes in position 61º.00N, 12º36'W by the German submarine U-99.

5 Aug, 1941
HMS Bluebell (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Sherwood, RNR) picks up 47 survivors from the British merchant Belgravian and 2 survivors from the British merchant Swiftpool that were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-372 of Ireland in positions 53º03'N, 15º54'W and 53º03'N, 16º00'W.


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