HMS Bluebell (K80)

HMS Bluebell (K80)

HMS "Bluebell" (K80) was a sclass2|Flower|corvette that served in the Royal Navy.

She was launched on 24 April 1940 and commissioned in October 1940. One of her first duties, that month, was to meet Convoy SC-7 mid-ocean. It was a brutal introduction to the Battle of the Atlantic.

She was torpedoed and sunk by U-711 in the Kola Inlet on 17 February 1945 while escort the convoy RA-64 from Murmansk. Only 1 member of her crew survived.

External links

* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4721.html Uboat.net page devoted to HMS Bluebell] .
* [http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/warships/vessel.asp?id=12252 Clyde Warships page devoted to HMS Bluebell] .
* [http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&period=&id=63523 warshipsww2.eu page devoted to HMS Bluebell] .
* [http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hague/search3.php?query=Bluebell&Submit=Find+Vessel HMS "Bluebell" on the Arnold Hague database at convoyweb.org.uk.]


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