HMS Boadicea
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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,
Royal Navy, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company,
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Location: 50.47, -2.4917, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
2 places
| 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 |

