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HMS Trinidad |
Type: |
Light Cruiser |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Devonport Dockyard Plymouth, England |
Pennant Number: |
46 |
Ordered: |
December 1, 1937 |
Launched: |
March 21, 1940 |
Keel Laid: |
April 21, 1938 |
Commissioned: |
October 14, 1941 |
Fate: |
Sunk May 15, 1942
(damaged by German Ju-88 aircraft 100 miles north of Murmansk, Russia on May 14 and scuttled by HMS Matchless G-52 May 15) Location: Barents Sea, 133 miles north of Hammerfest, Norway. (73.37N - 23.27E) 81 crewmen killed, unknown number of survivors. |
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Combat Victories |
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Date
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Name |
Type |
Tons |
Nationality |
Notes |
Mar. 29, 1942 |
Z-26 |
Destroyer |
3,605 |
Germany |
Assisted with HMS Fury H-76 & Eclipse H-08 |
Notes: |
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Mar. 29, 1942: |
During the battle with the Z-24, Z-25 and Z-26 the Trinidad fired a torpedo which ran a circle and hit her. She reached Murmansk and was repaired there. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Jan. 29, 2007 |
