HMS Verulam (R28)
 Verulam anchored in the Clyde, December 1943 | |
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Verulam |
| Ordered: | 1 September 1941 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter |
| Laid down: | 26 June 1942 |
| Launched: | 22 April 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 12 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 1970 |
| Identification: | pennant number R28/F29 |
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| Fate: | Scrapped 23 September 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | V-class destroyer |
HMS Verulam was an V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War.
Service history
Second World War service
She participated in the Battle of the Malacca Strait with the destroyers Saumarez, Venus, Vigilant, and Virago which culminated in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Haguro on 16 May 1945.
Postwar service
In 1946 Verulam was part of the Londonderry Flotilla. Between February 1947 and March 1949 she was part of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, based in the Mediterranean.[1] During that time she saw service, along with other Royal Navy ships in preventing illegal immigration into Palestine in 1947.[2]
Between 1951 and 1952 she was converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate at Portsmouth Dockyard, and was allocated the new pennant number F29. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[3] In 1954 she was placed in the Portsmouth Reserve.
Between 1958 and 1961 she was the Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment (ASWE) trials ship. In 1961 she was the 2nd Frigate Squadron Portland Trials ship for the Underwater Weapons Development establishment (UWDE).
Decommissioning and disposal
Verulam was paid off on 21 December 1970 and sold for scrap to John Cashmore Ltd. She arrived at their yard at Newport, Wales on 23 October 1972.
References
- ↑ Critchley, Mike (1982). British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. p. 72. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2.
- ↑ Stewart, Ninian (2002). The Royal Navy and the Palestine Patrol. Routledge. p. 140. ISBN 0-714-65210-5.
- ↑ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
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