| 词条 | HMS Trinidad (46) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 释义 |
HMS Trinidad was a Royal Navy {{sclass2-|Crown Colony|cruiser|0}} cruiser (also known as the Fiji class). She was lost while serving in the Arctic on convoy duty after being damaged escorting PQ 13 in 1942. Early careerTrinidad was built by HM Dockyard Devonport. She was laid down on 21 April 1938, launched 21 March 1941 and commissioned on 14 October 1941. The ship served with the British Home Fleet during her brief career. LossWhile escorting Convoy PQ 13 in March 1942, she and other escorts were in combat with German {{sclass2-|Narvik|destroyer|0}} destroyers. She hit and damaged the {{ship|German destroyer|Z26||6}} and then launched a torpedo attack. One of her torpedoes had a faulty gyro mechanism possibly affected by the icy waters. The path of the torpedo formed a circular arc, striking Trinidad and killing 32 men. One of the survivors was composer George Lloyd, a Royal Marines bandsman who had earlier written the ship's official march. This was performed at the Last Night of the Proms on 7 September 2013, in the presence of the last surviving crewman from Trinidad.[1] Trinidad was towed clear of the action, and was then able to proceed under her own power towards Murmansk. The {{GS|U-378||6}}[2] attempted to engage and sink the damaged cruiser, but was spotted and attacked by the destroyer {{HMS|Fury|H76|2}}.[3] On arrival in Murmansk she underwent partial repairs. She set out to return home on 13 May 1942, escorted by the destroyers {{HMS|Foresight|H68|2}}, {{HMS|Forester|H74|2}}, {{HMS|Somali|F33|2}} and {{HMS|Matchless|G52|2}}. Other ships of the Home Fleet were providing a covering force nearby. Her speed was reduced to {{convert|20|kn|km/h}} owing to the damage she had sustained. En route, she was attacked by more than twenty Ju 88 bombers on 14 May 1942. All attacks missed, except for one bomb that struck near the previous damage, starting a serious fire. Sixty-three men were lost,[4] including twenty survivors from the cruiser {{HMS|Edinburgh|C16|2}}, which had been sunk two weeks earlier. The decision was taken to scuttle her and on 15 May 1942 she was torpedoed by Matchless and sank in the Arctic Ocean, north of North Cape.[5] Among the victims there were four Czechoslovak airmen en route to Great Britain – Sergeant Vratislav Laštovička, Corporals Jan Ferák, Josef Návesník and Bohuslav Zikmund (three other airmen were rescued).[6] Notes1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-23993233 |title=Proms night for HMS Trinidad Arctic Convoy veteran |work=BBC News |date=7 September 2013 |accessdate=27 March 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/boats/u378.htm |title=U-378 |work=uboat.net |accessdate=27 March 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW2CampaignsRussianConvoys.htm |title=Russian Convoys 1941–45 |work=naval-history.net |accessdate=27 March 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-06CL-Trinidad.htm |title=HMS Trinidad – Colony type light cruiser |work=naval-history.net |accessdate=27 March 2015}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4030.html |work=uboat.net |title=HMS Trinidad (46) |accessdate=27 March 2015}} 6. ^http://www.fronta.cz/kalendar/pri-potopeni-hms-trinidad-zahynuli-ctyri-cs-letci References
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9 : Crown Colony-class cruisers of the Royal Navy|Ships built in Plymouth, Devon|1941 ships|World War II cruisers of the United Kingdom|Cruisers sunk by aircraft|Shipwrecks in the Barents Sea|World War II shipwrecks in the Arctic Ocean|Maritime incidents in May 1942|Ships sunk by German aircraft |
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