HMS Mahratta (G23)
Navy: | Royal Navy |
Type: | Destroyer |
Class: | M |
Pennant: | G 23 |
Built by: | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) |
Laid down: | 18 Aug, 1941 |
Launched: | 28 Jul, 1942 |
Commissioned: | 8 Apr, 1943 |
Complement: | 236 |
Lost: | 25 Feb, 1944 (Lt. Cdr. E.A.F. Drought, RN., DSC) (71-12'N, 13-30'E.) 1 torpedo Gnat from U-990. (Nordheimer). Only 16 men survived out of a crew of 236. |
History: | HMS Mahratta was escorting convoy JW-57 when she was struck and sank within minutes. |
Former name: | HMS Marksman |