HMS Wensleydale

Navy: Royal Navy

Type: Escort destroyer

Class: Hunt (Type III)

Pennant: L 86

Built by: Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstown, Scotland)

Laid down: 28 Jul, 1941

Launched: 20 Jun, 1942

Commissioned: 30 Oct, 1942

Complement: 168

End service: 21 Nov, 1944 Heavily damaged in the English Channel in a collision with the British landing ship HMS LST-367 Not repaired.
Scrapped at Blythe on 15 February 1946.

History: 5 Aug, 1944
The German submarine U-671 was sunk at 0200hrs on 5 Aug 1944 in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50.23N, 00.06E, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Stayner and the British escort destroyer HMS Wensleydale.
20 Aug, 1944
The German submarine U-413 was sunk in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50.21N, 00.01W, by depth charges from the British escort destroyer HMS Wensleydale and the British destroyers HMS Forester and HMS Vidette.
Commanding Officers:
Lt. John Aylmer McClure, DSC, RN
22 September 1942 - 28 June 1943

Lt. William Patterson Goodfellow, RNVR
28 June 1943 >
Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on ???
DSC awarded on ???

Navy:	Royal Navy
Type:	Escort destroyer
Class:	Hunt (Type III)
Pennant:	L 86
Built by:	Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstown, Scotland)
Laid down:	28 Jul, 1941
Launched:	20 Jun, 1942
Commissioned:	30 Oct, 1942
Complement:	168
End service:	21 Nov, 1944 Heavily damaged in the English Channel in a collision with the British landing ship HMS LST-367 Not repaired. Scrapped at Blythe on 15 February 1946.

History:	5 Aug, 1944 The German submarine U-671 was sunk at 0200hrs on 5 Aug 1944 in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50.23N, 00.06E, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Stayner and the British escort destroyer HMS Wensleydale. 20 Aug, 1944 The German submarine U-413 was sunk in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50.21N, 00.01W, by depth charges from the British escort destroyer HMS Wensleydale and the British destroyers HMS Forester and HMS Vidette. *Commanding Officers:* Lt. John Aylmer McClure, DSC, RN 22 September 1942 - 28 June 1943 Lt. William Patterson Goodfellow, RNVR 28 June 1943 > Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on ??? DSC awarded on ???