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HMS Croome (L62)

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English, John (1987). The Hunts: a history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. England: World Ship Society.
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survived the war and in October 1945 returned to Devonport from the Mediterranean. She was then paid off into reserve. She was almost sold to the
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in the channel outside Horta and attacked her with depth charges. The U-boat was eventually forced to surface, where she was fired on by
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ran back through the survivors in the water and dropped another depth charge, resulting in four deaths and a number of casualties.
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just abaft the conning tower. The submarine sank immediately by the stern and exploded underwater. After picking up survivors,
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was one of 27 destroyers and eight cruisers escorting 11 merchant ships to re-supply Malta from Alexandria. Codenamed
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headed for Gibraltar while the crew shored-up the flooded forward compartments, damaged by the ramming. A
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Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982.
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Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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and arrived at Briton Ferry, Wales for breaking up on 13 August 1957.
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and the whole crew were able to escape before she sank. However,
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was hit by shore batteries and then bombed by enemy aircraft.
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were awarded for the action. 28 Italians were killed.
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in 1954, but other sister-ships were bought instead.
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Index

HMS Croome

World War II
Alexander Stephen and Sons
Pennant number
Type II Hunt-class
destroyer
o/a
Parsons
geared turbines
knots
nmi
QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI
QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII
20 mm Oerlikons
depth charges
Type II Hunt-class
destroyer
Royal Navy
Second World War
Gibraltar
Alexandria
Convoy OG 75
Liverpool
Italian submarine Maggiore Baracca
depth-charge
DSO
DSC
DSMs
Gurkha

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