On 17 January, just off Kola Inlet, HMS Matabele was torpedoed by the German submarine U-454 and sank in two minutes.
Even in that short time, many had managed to abandon ship only to be frozen to death in the icy waters.
Royal Navy - Arctic
Operations HMS Matabele
On 17 January, just off Kola Inlet, HMS Matabele
was torpedoed by the German submarine U-454 and sank in two minutes.
Even in that short time, many had managed to abandon ship only to be frozen to
death in the icy waters.
|
Name |
# |
Type |
Class |
|
Matabele |
F 26 / G 26 |
Destroyer |
Tribal |
|
Built: |
1939 |
Lost: |
27.1.1942 |
|
Operation |
Date |
Location / Other |
| WBS 5 - Adolf Vinnen | Oct. 1940 | Attack of WBS 5 Adolf Vinnen on 23.10.1940 - 25 sm northwest of Stadtlandet, Norway. |
|
Ship |
Postmark |
Date |
Sender |
Note |
|
HMS Matabele |
McCracken's Landing, ONT | 15.7.1941 | To: Sub Lieut D.J.Mackenzie RCNVR |
PR |
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