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HMS Chanticleer U-05 |
Type: |
Sloop |
Class: |
Modified Black Swan |
Builder: |
William Denny Brothers Dumbarton, Scotland |
Pennant Number: |
U-05 |
Ordered: |
January 9, 1941 |
Launched: |
September 24, 1942 |
Keel Laid: |
June 6, 1942 |
Completed: |
March 29, 1943 |
Fate: |
Nov. 18, 1943, damaged by torpedo from U-515 (Kapitänleutnant Werner Henke).
Location: North Atlantic, 325 miles ENE of Ponta Delgada, Azores. (39.47N-20.12W) 28 crewmen lost. (Roll of Honour) Declared total constructive loss on Nov. 22 and towed to the U.K. 1944 hulked and renamed Hesperides and later in the year renamed Lusitania. Used as an accommodations ship. Scrapped in Lisbon, Portugal in 1946. |
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Page published Jan. 5, 2015 |