HMS Boadicea

HMS Boadicea was a B-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy (RN) around 1930. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, she was transferred to the Home Fleet in 1936. Before her departure, the ship evacuated civilians from Spain during the beginning of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939. Boadicea later spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. During World War II, the ship spent the bulk of the war on convoy escort duty in British waters and participated in the Battle of the Atlantic, Operation Torch, the Russian Convoys, and in the Normandy landings. Badly damaged by German dive bombers in 1940, she was sunk almost exactly four years later by German aircraft.

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length 98.4 metre, beam 9.8 metre, draft 3.7 metre, speed 35.25 knot, 
shipwreck, destroyer, B-class destroyer, Royal Navy, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, 

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Location: 50.47, -2.4917, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  SM UB-74 ⓘ
  1917 Type UB III submarine

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  USS LST-531 ⓘ
  ship

1929-07-11T00:00:00Z

1929-07-11T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1930-09-23T00:00:00Z

1930-09-23T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1931-04-07T00:00:00Z

1931-04-07T00:00:00Z

ship completed

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1645-02-27T00:00:00Z

1645-02-27T00:00:00Z

1645 Battle of Weymouth

1653-02-28T00:00:00Z

1653-03-02T00:00:00Z

1653 Battle of Portland

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1645	Battle of Weymouth	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1653	Battle of Portland	Dutch Republic, Commonwealth of England, naval battle	Wikidata
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-74	Type UB III submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS LST-531	tank landing ship, LST-491-class tank landing ship	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Battery 200yds (180m) E of the Naval cemetery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Battery approximately 160m NE of East Weare Camp	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Battery approximately 80m SE of East Weare Camp	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Verne Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Verne High Angle Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1862	East Weare Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Ridgeway Hill Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	Royal Air Force, bunker	Wikidata
site	castle		Rufus Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Sandsfoot Castle	fort, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1539	Portland Castle	military museum, historic house museum, fort, English Heritage, castle, independent museum	Wikidata
site	fort		Inner Pierhead Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Portland Breakwater Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Upton Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1857	Verne Citadel	fort, citadel	Wikidata
site	fort	1860	Nothe Fort	local authority museum, military museum, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1900	Blacknor Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	museum		Maritime House	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1877	The Keep Military Museum	independent museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS A3	A-class submarine, sunken vessel, submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Boadicea	shipwreck, B-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Delight	D-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Foylebank	warship, shipwreck, cargo ship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS L24	sunken vessel, submarine, L-class submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		USS LST-507	shipwreck, tank landing ship, recreational dive site, LST-491-class tank landing ship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		USS S-24	shipwreck, S-class submarine, submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1891	HMS Hood	pre-dreadnought battleship, Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1917	HMS Warrior	steam yacht, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1918	HMS M2	M-class submarine, shipwreck, submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1936	Minerve	shipwreck, submarine	Wikidata