HMS Mashona
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HMS Mashona was one of 16 Tribal-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy shortly before the beginning of Second World War in 1939. Completed in that year, she was assigned to the Home Fleet. During the first year of the war, the ship was on convoy escort duties. Mashona played an active role in the Norwegian Campaign of April–May 1940, escorting convoys to and from Norway. The ship helped to briefly seize four Swedish warships en route from Italy to Sweden in June 1940 in what became known as the Psilander affair and resumed her role of convoy escort after their release in July. She accidentally collided with one of her sister ships in early 1941 and spent several months under repair.
Wikimedia, Wikidata
F59
speed 36 knot, beam 11.1 metre, length 115 metre, beam 11.12 metre, length 114.9 metre, draft 4.23 metre, draft 2.75 metre,
Royal Navy, Vickers-Armstrongs,
- Dreadnought Project page@
- naval-history.net page@
- uboat.net page@
Location: 52.9667, -11.6, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| link | page | Dreadnought Project page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | naval-history.net page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | uboat.net page@ | Wikidata | ||
| site | shipwreck | HMS Mashona | Tribal-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | HMS Mashona (F59) | Commons | ||
