HMS Welshman
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HMS Welshman was an Abdiel-class minelayer of the Royal Navy, launched in September 1941. During World War II she served with the Home Fleet carrying out minelaying operations, before being transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in mid-1942 for the Malta Convoys. She also saw service during Operation Torch. The ship was torpedoed and sunk off Tobruk by the German submarine U-617 on 1 February 1943, with the loss of 157 lives.
Wikidata
M84
mass 2650 tonne, speed 39.75 knot, length 127 metre, draft 4.5 metre, beam 12 metre,
R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 
Location: 32.2, 24.8667, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
1943-02-01T00:00:00Z
1943-02-01T00:00:00Z
shipwrecking
1940-09-04T00:00:00Z
1940-09-04T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1941-08-25T00:00:00Z
1941-08-25T00:00:00Z
ship completed
1939-06-08T00:00:00Z
1939-06-08T00:00:00Z
keel laying
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| site | shipwreck | HMS Welshman | Abdiel-class minelayer, minelayer, shipwreck | Wikidata | |