HMS Southwold (L10)

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Navy: Royal Navy
Type: Escort destroyer
Class: Hunt (Type II) 
Pennant: L 10 
Built by: J. S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
Laid down: 18 Jun, 1940 
Launched: 29 May, 1941 
Commissioned: 9 Oct, 1941 
Complement: 134
Lost: 24 Mar, 1942 Mined by Italian mines off La Valletta, Malta
 
History: The wreck was filmed off the coast of Malta by a British camera crew , HMS Southwold is a memorial to the brave souls that fought to get the convoys to Malta. She lies in about 80 meters of water. 

Commanding Officer:
Cdr. Christopher Theodore Jellicoe, DSC, RN
4 September 1941 - 24 March 1942 

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