Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Admiralty Modified W |
Pennant | D 88 |
Built by | Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) |
Ordered | Jan 1918 |
Laid down | Jun 1918 |
Launched | 11 Nov 1919 |
Commissioned | 27 Jan 1923 |
Lost | 27 Jul 1940 |
Loss position | 52° 10'N, 2° 06'E |
History | HMS Wren was completed by Pembroke Dockyard. HMS Wren (Lt.Cdr. Frederick William George Harker, RN) was bombed and sunk on 27 July 1940 by German aircraft about 20 nautical miles east of Aldeburgh in position 52º10'N, 02º06'E. HMS Montrose was damaged in the same attack. |
Commands listed for HMS Wren (i) (D 88)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. William Halford Selby, RN | 31 Jul 1939 | 13 Jan 1940 |
2 | Cdr. Harold Thomas Armstrong, RN | 13 Jan 1940 | 30 May 1940 |
3 | Lt.Cdr. Frederick William George Harker, RN | 30 May 1940 | 27 Jul 1940 (+) |
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Notable events involving Wren (i) include:
6 Feb 1940
HMS Exeter (Capt. F.S. Bell, CB, RN), and her escorts, HMS Renown (Capt. C.E.B. Simeon, RN), HMS Ark Royal (Capt. A.J. Power, RN), HMS Dainty (Cdr. F.M. Walton, RN) and HMS Diamond (Lt.Cdr. P.A. Cartwright, RN) departed Freetown for Plymouth.
HMS Ark Royal and the destroyers parted company around 1800/9.
Around dawn at 13 February 1940, HMS Renown and HMS Exeter were joined by HMS Hasty (Lt.Cdr. L.R.K. Tyrwhitt, RN).
Around 0900/14 four more destroyers joined, HMS Hearty (Lt.Cdr. D.G.F.W. MacIntyre, RN), HMS Ardent (Lt.Cdr. J.F. Barker, RN), HMS Wren (Cdr. H.T. Armstrong, RN) and HMS Wolverine (Cdr. R.H. Craske, RN). (1)
13 May 1940
French troops were landed at Bjervik, Norway today. This is just to the north of Narvik. The town was captured successfully.
Naval ships involved in landing the troops and to provide cover were; battleship HMS Resolution (Capt. O. Bevir, RN), light cruisers HMS Aurora (Capt. L.H.K. Hamilton, DSO, RN), HMS Effingham (Capt. J.M. Howson, RN) which both landed French troops, repair ship HMS Vindictive (Capt. A.R. Halfhide, RN), netlayer HMS Protector (Capt. W.Y la L. Beverley, RN) and the destroyers HMS Somali (Capt. R.S.G. Nicholson, DSO, DSC, RN), HMS Havelock (Capt. E.B.K. Stevens, DSC, RN), HMS Fame (Cdr. P.N. Walter, RN), HMS Basilisk (Cdr. M. Richmond, OBE, RN) and HMS Wren (Cdr. H.T. Armstrong, RN).
Air cover for this operation was provided, from a distance, by aircraft from HMS Ark Royal (Capt. A.J. Power, RN).
Later this day these ships also bombarded Narvik with the assistance of aircraft from the Ark Royal.
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Sources
- ADM 53/112194
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.