HMS Puckeridge (L108)
Navy: | Royal Navy |
Type: | Escort destroyer |
Class: | Hunt (Type II) |
Pennant: | L 108 |
Built by: | J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
Laid down: | 1 Jan, 1940 |
Launched: | 6 Mar, 1941 |
Commissioned: | 30 Jul, 1941 |
Complement: | 134 |
Lost: | 6 Sep, 1943 Approx.2015 hours and sank about 40 miles east of Gibraltar in position (c36.06'N, 04.44'W).was hit by two out of the Four torpedoes fired by the German submarine U-617 (Lt. Cdr. Brandi) HMS Puckeridge was en route alone taking important messages to Oran. 129 men were rescued and 62 men were lost with the ship. |