Ships hit by U-boats


HMS Blean (L 47)

British Destroyer



NameHMS Blean (L 47)
Type:Destroyer (Hunt Type III)
Tonnage1,087 tons
Completed1942 - R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne 
OwnerThe Admiralty 
Homeport 
Date of attack11 Dec 1942Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-443 (Konstantin von Puttkamer)
Position35° 55'N, 1° 50'W - Grid CH 7675
Complement183 officers and men (89 dead and 94 survivors).
ConvoyKMF-4
Route 
Cargo 
History HMS Blean (L 47) was completed in August 1942 
Notes on event

At 16.25 hours on 11 Dec 1942, U-443 hit HMS Blean (L 47) (Lt N.J. Parker, RN) with one torpedo. Puttkamer thought that the second torpedo fired at 16.27 hours damaged a steamer in convoy KMF-4, but it hit the destroyer as well. The vessel sank by the stern within four minutes 11 miles 260° off Oran. Eight officers and 86 ratings were picked up by HMS Wishart (D 67) (Cdr H.G. Scott, RN).

 
On boardWe have details of 91 people who were on board


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Media links


U-Boat Attack Logs

Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor


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