HMS Wessex

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HMS Wessex was one of eight W-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Completed in 1944, the ship spent most of the war assigned to the Eastern and Pacific Fleets. She screened British aircraft carriers as their aircraft attacked targets in the Japanese-occupied Nicobar Islands, the Dutch East Indies and Okinawa.

1944-05-11T00:00:00Z
1944-05-11T00:00:00Z
1944 HMS Wessex
1939-09-01T00:00:00Z
1939-09-01T00:00:00Z
1942-10-25T00:00:00Z
1942-10-25T00:00:00Z
keel laying
1943-09-02T00:00:00Z
1943-09-02T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1946-03-14T00:00:00Z
1946-03-14T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1944-05-11T00:00:00Z
1944-05-11T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1950-03-29T00:00:00Z
1950-03-29T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
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