On 20 February 1945 at 11.45 hours Vervain was escorting a homeward-bound convoy when she was sunk by a torpedo from a U-boat, U-1276 under Oberleutnant zur See Karl-Heinz Wendt, about 25 miles south-east of Dungarvan, Ireland, south of Waterford. Vervain sank after 20 minutes. The commander, three officers and 56 ratings were lost. Three officers and 30 ratings were rescued.[4] In turn the U-boat, U-1276 was sunk with depth charges by HMS Amethyst. The action resulted in the loss of all 49 of the U-boat's crew.
HMS Vervain is a Designated vessel under schedule 1 of The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2012.[5]
Referencesedit
^ abMcCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 149. ISBN9780752488615.
^"Queensbury Remembers". Queensbury Remembers. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^"Wade Hampton". uboat.net. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
^"WEEKLY RESUME (No. 286) of the NAVAL, MILITARY AND AIR SITUATION from 0700 15th February to 0700 22nd February" (PDF). War Cabinet – via The National Archives.
^"The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2012".
vervain, flower, class, corvette, royal, navy, served, during, second, world, inch, crew, action, july, 1942historyunited, kingdomnameordered8, april, 1940builderharland, wolff, belfast, northern, irelandyard, number1101, laid, down16, november, 1940launched12. HMS Vervain was a Flower class corvette of the Royal Navy She served during the Second World War HMS Vervain s 4 inch gun crew in action July 1942HistoryUnited KingdomNameHMS VervainOrdered8 April 1940BuilderHarland amp Wolff Ltd Belfast Northern IrelandYard number1101 1 Laid down16 November 1940Launched12 March 1941Completed9 June 1941 1 Commissioned9 June 1941Stricken20 February 1945IdentificationPennant number K190FateTorpedoed and sunk by U 1276 on 20 February 1945General characteristicsClass and typeFlower class corvetteDisplacement925 long tons 940 t 1 036 short tons Length205 ft 62 48 m o aBeam33 ft 10 06 m Draught11 5 ft 3 51 m Propulsionsingle shaft 2 fire tube Scotch boilers 1 4 cycle triple expansion reciprocating steam engine 2 750 ihp 2 050 kW Speed16 knots 29 6 km h Range3 500 nautical miles 6 482 km at 12 knots 22 2 km h Complement85Sensors and processing systems1 SW1C or 2C radar 1 Type 123A or Type 127DV sonarArmament1 4 inch 102 mm BL Mk IX gun 2 50 inch 12 7 mm Vickers machine gun twin 2 303 inch 7 7 mm Lewis machine gun twin 2 Mk II depth charge throwers 2 Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges originally fitted with minesweeping gear later removedIn March 1942 the ship was adopted by the village of Queensbury in West Yorkshire 2 On 28 February 1943 the liberty ship SS Wade Hampton was torpedoed by German submarine U 405 while sailing in a convoy from New York to Murmansk Russia Survivors were picked up by Vervain and HMS Beverley near Greenland 3 On 20 February 1945 at 11 45 hours Vervain was escorting a homeward bound convoy when she was sunk by a torpedo from a U boat U 1276 under Oberleutnant zur See Karl Heinz Wendt about 25 miles south east of Dungarvan Ireland south of Waterford Vervain sank after 20 minutes The commander three officers and 56 ratings were lost Three officers and 30 ratings were rescued 4 In turn the U boat U 1276 was sunk with depth charges by HMS Amethyst The action resulted in the loss of all 49 of the U boat s crew HMS Vervain is a Designated vessel under schedule 1 of The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites Order 2012 5 References edit a b McCluskie Tom 2013 The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff Stroud The History Press p 149 ISBN 9780752488615 Queensbury Remembers Queensbury Remembers 11 February 2020 Retrieved 21 August 2020 Wade Hampton uboat net Retrieved 14 January 2020 WEEKLY RESUME No 286 of the NAVAL MILITARY AND AIR SITUATION from 0700 15th February to 0700 22nd February PDF War Cabinet via The National Archives The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites Order 2012 Publications editColledge J J Warlow Ben 2006 1969 Ships of the Royal Navy The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy Rev ed London Chatham Publishing ISBN 978 1 86176 281 8 National ArchivesExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to HMS Vervain K190 Helgason Gudmundur HMS Vervain German U boats of WWII uboat net 51 47 N 7 6 W 51 783 N 7 100 W 51 783 7 100 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Vervain amp oldid 1133068848, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
