HMS Winchelsea

HMS Winchelsea (D46)

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Navy:	Royal Navy
Type:	Destroyer
Class:	Admiralty V & W
Pennant:	D 46
Built by:	J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.)
Ordered:
Laid down:	24 May, 1917
Launched:	15 Dec, 1917
Commissioned:	15 Mar, 1918
History:	Reconstruction to Long Range Escort finished in April 1943.
	27 Jul, 1940 HMS Winchelsea (Lt.Cdr. W.A.F. Hawkins, RN) picks up 48 survivors from the British merchant Sambre that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-34 south-south-west of Rockall in position 56º37'N, 17º53'W. HMS Winchelsea also picks up 36 survivors from the British merchant Thiara that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-34 south-south-west of Rockall in position 56º37'N, 17º56'W. 17 Sep, 1940 HMS Winchelsea (Lt.Cdr. W.A.F. Hawkins, DSC, RN) picks up 25 survivors from the British merchant Crown Arun that was torpedoed and sunk (with gunfire) by the German submarine U-99 north of Rockall in position 58º02'N, 14º18'W. 2 Nov, 1942 HMS Winchelsea (Lt.Cdr. G.W. Gregorie, RNR) picks up 24 survivors from the British merchant Hartington that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-521 about 450 nautical miles east of Belle Isle in position 52º30'N, 45º30'W. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 20 March 1945