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HMS Wolverine (D 78)

Destroyer of the Admiralty Modified W class


HMS Wolverine during the war

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAdmiralty Modified W 
PennantD 78 
Built byJ.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
OrderedJan, 1918 
Laid down8 Oct, 1918 
Launched17 Jul, 1919 
Commissioned27 Jul, 1920 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySold to be broken up for scrap on 28 January 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Roderick Cosmo Gordon, RN
31 July 1939 - 27 November 1939

Cdr. Robert Hoyle Craske, RN
27 November 1939 – 29 November 1940

Lt.Cdr. James Marjoribanks Rowland, RN
29 November 1940 – February 1942
DSO awarded on ???

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Lt.Cdr. Peter William Gretton, OBE, DSC, RN
3 March 1942 - November 1942
DSO awarded on 10 November 1942

Lt. Ian Mosley Clegg, RN
21 November 1942 – June 1943

Cdr. John Marston Money, RN
June 1943 – 9 October 1943

Lt. Ian Mosley Clegg, RN
9 October 1943 – February 1945

Lt.Cdr. A.J.M. Miller, RNVR
February 1945 >

HMS Wolverine is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Wolverine include:

8 Mar, 1941
HMS Wolverine (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Rowland, RN) attacked the German submarine U-A with depth charges south off Iceland. This attack is often credited to have resulted in the loss of the famous U-47 but this is not true.

5 Apr, 1941
The German submarine U-76 was sunk south of Iceland, in position 58º35'N, 20º20'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Wolverine (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Rowland, RN) and the British sloop HMS Scarborough (Lt.Cdr. A.P. Northney, RN). (see map)

12 Aug, 1942
The Italian submarine Dagabur was rammed and sunk north off Algiers, Algeria by the British destroyer HMS Wolverine (Lt.Cdr. P.W. Gretton, OBE, DSC, RN).

11 Apr, 1943
The British merchant Empire Whimbrel is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-181 about 420 nautical miles south-west of Freetown in position 02º31'N, 15º55'W. The British destroyers HMS Wolverine (Lt. I.M. Clegg, RN) and HMS Witch (Lt.Cdr. S.R.J. Woods, RNR) later pick up 53 survivors.

2 Jul, 1943
The British merchant Empire Kohinoor is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-618 about 250 nautical miles south-west of Freetown in position 06º20'N, 16º30'W. HMS Wolverine (Cdr. J.M. Money, RN) later picks up survivors.


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