H.M.S. Wren (1919)

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H.M.S. Wren (1919)
Pendant Number: D.88 (Feb 1923)[1]
Builder: Yarrow[2]
Ordered: Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 11 Nov, 1919[4]
Completed: 27 Jan, 1923[5]
Sunk: 27 Jul, 1940[6]
Fate: Air attack off Aldeburgh[7]

H.M.S. Wren was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class.

Service

After being launched, work was suspended and she was not readied for commissioning until early 1923.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  8. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  9. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 291.

Bibliography


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