HMAS Waterhen

HMAS Waterhen (D22/I22) was a W-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built during World War I, the destroyer was completed in mid-1918, and commissioned into the Royal Navy. In 1933, Waterhen and four other British ships were transferred to the RAN. The ship's early RAN career was uneventful, with periods spent decommissioned in reserve, but she was reactivated in September 1939, and deployed to the Mediterranean as part of the Australian destroyer force: the Scrap Iron Flotilla. During her time in the Mediterranean, Waterhen was involved in escort and patrol duties, performed shore bombardments, and participated in Allied evacuations from Greece and Crete. On 29 June 1941, while operating with the Tobruk Ferry Service, Waterhen was heavily damaged by two Italian Regia Aeronautica's aircraft, dive bombers Ju 87 Stuka of 239 squadriglia, flown by pilots Serg.mag. Ennio Tarantola and Serg. Lastrucci. Attempts to tow the ship to port were unsuccessful, and she sank on 30 June 1941, the first RAN ship lost to combat in World War II.

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1918 Wikimedia, Wikidata
D22; G28; I22
mass 1100 tonne, length 95.1 metre, draft 4.2 metre, speed 34 knot, beam 9 metre, 4 QF 4 inch Mk V gun, 6 British 21 inch torpedo, 5 .303 British, 1 QF 2 pounder gun,
shipwreck, destroyer, V and W-class destroyer, Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy,

Location: 32.25, 25.3333, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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RN Ammiraglio Caracciolo ⓘ
U-79 ⓘ
1941 Type VIIC submarine

1918-07-01T00:00:00Z

1918 HMAS Waterhen

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

World War I

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1934-10-09T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1938-06-01T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1918-03-26T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1933-10-01T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1918-07-17T00:00:00Z

ship completed

1936-04-14T00:00:00Z

ship recommissioning

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

ship recommissioning

1918-07-01T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1936-04-14T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1917-07-03T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1933-10-11T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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HMAS Waterhen forward 4 inch guns SLV Green

HMAS Waterhen (AWM 044789)

HMAS Waterhen by Allan Green SLV H91.108 2334

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

link	page		Dreadnought Project page^@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page^@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page^@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		RN Ammiraglio Caracciolo	attack submarine, Cagni-class submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-79	Type VIIC submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1918	HMAS Waterhen	V and W-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1942	HMS Grove	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		HMAS Waterhen forward 4 inch guns SLV Green		Commons
commons	image		HMAS Waterhen (AWM 044789)		Commons
commons	image		HMAS Waterhen by Allan Green SLV H91.108 2334		Commons

HMAS Waterhen

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