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ipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 description 2 construction and service 3 notes 4 references 5 external links toggle the table of contents hms boadicea h65 7 languages deutsch español فارسی suomi 日本語 українська tiếng việt edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 50 25 41 n 02 45 57 w 50 42806 n 2 76583 w 50 42806 2 76583 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia british destroyer 1930 1944 for other ships with the same name see hms boadicea boadicea at anchor sometime during world war ii history united kingdom name boadicea namesake boadicea ordered 4 march 1929 builder hawthorn leslie laid down 11 july 1929 launched 23 september 1930 completed 7 april 1931 identification pennant number h65 1 fate sunk 13 june 1944 lyme bay general characteristics as built class type b class destroyer displacement 1 360 long tons 1 380 t standard length 323 ft 98 5 m o a beam 32 ft 3 in 9 8 m draught 12 ft 3 in 3 7 m installed power 3 admiralty 3 drum boilers 34 000 shp 25 000 kw propulsion 2 shafts 2 geared steam turbines speed 35 knots 65 km h 40 mph range 4 800 nmi 8 900 km 5 500 mi at 15 knots 28 km h 17 mph complement 142 wartime sensors processing systems type 119 asdic armament 4 single 4 7 in 120 mm guns 2 single 2 pdr 40 mm 1 6 in aa guns 2 quadruple 21 in 533 mm torpedo tubes 1 depth charge rail and 2 throwers 20 depth charges hms boadicea was a b class destroyer built for the royal navy rn around 1930 initially assigned to the mediterranean fleet she was transferred to the home fleet in 1936 before her departure the ship evacuated civilians from spain during the beginning of the spanish civil war of 1936 1939 boadicea later spent considerable time in spanish waters enforcing the arms blockade imposed by britain and france on both sides of the conflict during world war ii the ship spent the bulk of the war on convoy escort duty in british waters and participated in the battle of the atlantic operation torch the russian convoys and in the normandy landings badly damaged by german dive bombers in 1940 she was sunk almost exactly four years later by german aircraft description edit boadicea displaced 1 360 long tons 1 380 t at standard load and 1 790 long tons 1 820 t at deep load the ship had an overall length of 323 feet 98 5 m a beam of 32 feet 3 inches 9 8 m and a draught of 12 feet 3 inches 3 7 m 1 she was powered by parsons geared steam turbines 2 driving two shafts which developed a total of 34 000 shaft horsepower 25 000 kw and gave a maximum speed of 35 knots 65 km h 40 mph steam for the turbines was provided by three admiralty 3 drum boilers boadicea carried a maximum of 390 long tons 400 t of fuel oil that gave her a range of 4 800 nautical miles 8 900 km 5 500 mi at 15 knots 28 km h 17 mph 1 the ship s complement was 134 officers and ratings although it increased to 142 during wartime 3 the ship mounted four 45 calibre quick firing qf 4 7 inch mk ix guns in single mounts designated a b x and y from front to rear for anti aircraft aa defence boadicea had two 40 millimetre 1 6 in qf 2 pounder mk ii aa guns mounted on a platform between her funnels she was fitted with two above water quadruple torpedo tube mounts for 21 inch 533 mm torpedoes 3 one depth charge rail and two throwers were fitted 20 depth charges were originally carried but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began 4 the ship was fitted with a type 119 asdic set to detect submarines by reflections from sound waves beamed into the water 5 by october 1940 the ship s anti aircraft armament was increased when the rear set of torpedo tubes was replaced by a 3 inch 76 2 mm 12 pounder aa gun 6 the y gun was later removed to compensate for the additional depth charges added 7 when boadicea was converted into an escort destroyer at the end of 1943 her a gun was replaced by a hedgehog anti submarine spigot mortar and additional depth charge stowage replaced the 12 pounder high angle gun 4 in addition two qf 6 pounder hotchkiss guns were added to deal with surfaced submarines at close range 8 and the 2 pounder guns were replaced by 20 millimetre 0 8 in oerlikon autocannon and four additional oerlikon guns were also added 4 construction and service edit the ship was ordered on 4 march 1929 from hawthorn leslie under the 1928 naval programme she was laid down at hebburn on tyne on 11 july 1929 and launched on 23 september 1930 9 as the fifth rn ship to carry this name 10 boadicea was completed on 9 april 1931 11 at a cost of 225 325 excluding items supplied by the admiralty such as guns ammunition and communications equipment 2 after her commissioning she was assigned to the 4th destroyer flotilla with the mediterranean fleet until 1936 she was damaged whilst refuelling at sea with the battleship revenge on 15 march 1935 her repairs lasted until 18 april later that year she was deployed to famagusta cyprus and haifa palestine to assist british forces in putting down riots from december 1935 january 1936 boadicea had to return to haifa in june to help put down the beginnings of the arab revolt afterwards the ship was deployed to cartagena and valencia to evacuate civilians at the start of the spanish civil war before beginning a refit at portsmouth that lasted until 26 september she remained with the 4th flotilla until january 1939 and made multiple deployments off the coast of spain enforcing the embargo until april 1938 when she was again refitted after leaving the 4th flotilla boadicea served as the plane guard for the aircraft carriers of the mediterranean fleet for a few months until she became the emergency destroyer at the nore she was attached to the reserve fleet at portland for the fleet review in august 1939 12 on 29 august boadicea was assigned to the 19th destroyer flotilla based at dover where she escorted the troopships of the british expeditionary force through october the ship was then transferred to the 22nd destroyer flotilla at harwich for two months before rejoining the 19th flotilla where she escorted convoys through the english channel on 4 march 1940 she towed the oil tanker charles f meyer to southampton water after that ship struck a mine boadicea began a refit at chatham dockyard on 2 may and was not operational until she sailed for le havre france on 9 june to assist in the evacuation of british troops before advancing german troops 12 the next afternoon she was severely damaged by junkers ju 87 stuka dive bombers that knocked out her engines and boilers after all depth charges and torpedoes were jettisoned to reduce her topweight and temporary repairs made to the holes in her hull boadicea was towed by the destroyer ambuscade and the tugboat krooman to dover 13 a view of boadicea s stern in heavy weather repairs at portsmouth lasted until 14 february 1941 and included the installation of a type 286 short range surface search radar upon completions the ship was assigned to home fleet and participated in the search for the german battleships scharnhorst and gneisenau which had broken out into the north atlantic in march boadicea was transferred to the 4th escort group at greenock for convoy escort duties and remained with them until february 1942 when the group was disbanded she was then assigned to the western approaches command until july the ship was detached to escort convoys pq 15 and convoy qp 12 to and from murmansk in april may boadicea was refitted between august and october after which she escorted a convoy to gibraltar as part of the preparations for operation torch the invasion of french north africa she escorted british ships to oran during the invasion and was struck by a shell from a french l adroit class destroyer on 8 november that did little damage 14 three days later the ship was escorting the empty ocean liner rms viceroy of india when the latter ship was torpedoed the destroyer attempted to take the troopship under tow but was unable to save the ship boadicea rescued 449 passengers and crew and delivered them to gibraltar 15 upon her return home the ship was assigned to the 20th escort group where she escorted convoys jw 51a jw 53 and ra 53 to and from russia she was badly damaged by sea ice during the latter convoy in march and required repairs that lasted until may 14 upon their completion boadicea was transferred to freetown sierra leone where she served as a local escort 16 on 19 july she rescued 220 survivors from the torpedoed ocean liner mv incomati 17 the ship returned to the home fleet in september and briefly assigned to the 8th escort group before she started her conversion into an escort destroyer in november this included the addition of type 271 target indication radar and the replacement of the type 286 radar by a type 290 after this was completed in january 1944 boadicea rejoined the 8th escort group and escorted convoys jw 57 ra 58 and ra 59 to russia from february through april in preparation for operation overlord the invasion of normandy she was transferred to portsmouth where she escorted convoys arriving in england as well as the convoys across the channel boadicea was sunk on 13 june off portland bill by german aircraft while escorting a convoy of merchant ships to france sources differ as to the weapons used and the aircraft that carried them some say fritz x missiles fired by dornier do 217s belonging to kg 100 18 19 or torpedoes dropped by junkers ju 88s the weapons caused a magazine explosion and boadicea sank quickly with only 12 of her crew of 182 surviving 20 the ship is included on the chatham naval memorial her wreck is 16 miles 26 km southwest of the isle of portland at 50 25 41 n 02 45 57 w 50 42806 n 2 76583 w 50 42806 2 76583 in 53 metres 174 ft of water 21 her bow is blown off forward of the engine rooms and her stern section is upright and reasonably intact the wreck site is designated as a protected place under the protection of military remains act 1986 22 notes edit 1 2 3 whitley p 99 1 2 march p 260 1 2 friedman p 298 1 2 3 english p 141 friedman p 205 friedman p 241 whitley p 100 friedman pp 252 53 english pp 29 30 colledge p 43 english p 30 1 2 english p 34 english p 34 winser p 38 1 2 english p 35 helgason guðmundur 1995 2013 viceroy of india uboat net ships hit by u boats guðmundur helgason retrieved 10 december 2013 english p 36 incomati ships hit by u boats uboat net retrieved 26 december 2013 de zeng stankey and creek p 275 goss p 178 english pp 36 142 kemp pp 234 35 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publications isbn 978 1 9032 2356 7 kemp paul 1999 the admiralty regrets british warship losses of the 20th century stroud uk sutton publishing isbn 0 7509 1567 6 lenton h t 1998 british empire warships of the second world war annapolis md naval institute press isbn 1 55750 048 7 march edgar j 1966 british destroyers a history of development 1892 1953 drawn by admiralty permission from official records returns ships covers building plans london seeley service oclc 164893555 rohwer jürgen 2005 chronology of the war at sea 1939 1945 the naval history of world war two 3rd revised ed annapolis maryland naval institute press isbn 1 59114 119 2 whitley m j 1988 destroyers of world war 2 annapolis maryland naval institute press isbn 0 87021 326 1 winser john de d 1999 b e f ships before at and after dunkirk gravesend kent uk world ship society isbn 0 905617 91 6 external links edit www naval history net hms boadicea v t e a and b class destroyer a class royal navy codrington flotilla leader anthony ardent active antelope acasta arrow acheron achates royal canadian navy part of river class saguenay skeena b class royal navy keith flotilla leader basilisk beagle blanche boadicea boreas brazen brilliant bulldog royal hellenic navy salamis ex boreas preceded by thornycroft type destroyer leader followed by c and d class list of destroyer classes of the royal navy list of destroyers of the royal canadian navy v t e shipwrecks and maritime incidents in june 1944 shipwrecks 1 jun uss herring 3 jun u 477 wbs 2 coburg 5 jun v 622 almuth uss osprey 6 jun uss corry uss lci l 93 minazuki uss pc 1261 hnoms svenner v 421 rauzan hms wrestler 7 jun hms centurion empire defiance hayanami uss susan b anthony uss tide u 629 u 955 8 jun audacious harusame james iredell kazagumo hms lawford uss rich u 373 u 441 u 970 west grama 9 jun courbet dover hill hms durban empire bunting empire flamingo matsukaze uss meredith hnlms sumatra tanikaze z32 zh1 10 jun uss glennon innsbruck mistral ro 111 u 821 11 jun uss partridge ro 42 u 980 12 jun kainan maru hms sickle u 490 v 206 otto bröhan v 212 friedrich busse 13 jun hms boadicea i 33 ro 36 u 715 14 jun uss golet 15 jun hms blackwood m 507 pa 1 pa 2 shiratsuyu u 860 u 987 v 202 franz westermann 16 jun i 6 ro 44 u 998 17 jun ro 114 ro 117 18 jun albert c field u 767 19 jun i 184 shōkaku taihō 20 jun hiyō hmas matafele 21 jun bolzano hms fury 22 jun eurydice i 185 sirène 24 jun derrycunihy i 52 u 971 u 1225 25 jun u 269 26 jun aquileia u 317 u 719 harugiku maru 27 jun kizugawa maru 28 jun v 213 claus bolten kondor nerissa 29 jun toyama maru tsugaru u 988 uss valor 30 jun ss nikkin maru u 478 v 422 kergroise unknown date bosna uss lct 209 u 740 other incidents 7 jun uss meredith 11 jun hms halsted 16 jun u 998 18 jun uss hawkbill 23 jun hms scylla 25 jun hms glasgow hms goodson 26 jun gorizia unknown date hms sickle sonderburg 1943 1944 1945 may 1944 july 1944 v t e recreational dive sites reef diving regions akumal aliwal shoal 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