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词条 HMS Wheatland
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  1. Construction

  2. Wartime service

  3. Post war

  4. References

  5. Publications

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HMS Wheatland was a Type 2 {{sclass2-|Hunt|destroyer|3}} of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War.

Construction

Wheatland was ordered from Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun on 4 September 1939, one of 17 Hunt-class destroyers ordered on that day as part of the 1939 Emergency War Programme. The ship was laid down on 30 May 1940 and was launched on 7 June 1941, commissioning (with the pennant number L122[1]) on 3 November 1941.[2] She was named after "The Wheatland Hunt", an annual fox hunt held in Shropshire.[3] During Warship Week in 1942 she was adopted by the town of Uttoxeter.

Wartime service

Wheatland's first captain was Ronald de Leighton Brooke, a captaincy which was also his own first command. He was later decorated following engagements with several enemy ships.[4] On completion in 1941 Wheatland was sent to Scapa Flow as part of the Naval Force to undertake the Commando raid on the Lofoten Islands.[5] The following year she took part in escort duties in support of the Russian Convoys. In 1943 she served in the Mediterranean, including support for the Sicily landings in July of that year. This included shore bombardment of Taormina on Sicily.

In 1944 she continued operations in the Mediterranean on convoy duties, including in July 1944 being nominated for escort duties in the planned landings in the south of France.

While being deployed with {{HMS|Avon Vale|L06|6}}, on 1 November 1944, Wheatland engaged German surface craft south of the island of Lussino, sinking the torpedo boat {{ship|German torpedo boat|TA20||2}}, and the corvettes UJ202 and UJ208, and rescuing some of the survivors in Action of 1 November 1944.[6]

Post war

After the war Wheatland returned to Devonport and transferred to the Reserve Fleet. She stayed there until 1953 when she was towed to Gibraltar where she remained in reserve. In 1955 she was brought back to Harwich before being placed on the disposal list. She remained there until September 1957 when she was sold to BISCO for scrapping by McLennan. She arrived at their breakers yard in Bo'ness on 20 September 1959.[7]

References

1. ^English 1987, p. 106.
2. ^English 1987, p. 17.
3. ^{{cite web|title=HMS Weatland|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_wheatland.htm|publisher=CRANSTON FINE ARTS|accessdate=23 October 2012}}
4. ^https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1478297/Captain-Ronald-Brooke.html
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Wheatland.htm|title=HMS Wheatland (L 122) - Type 2, Hunt-class Escort Destroyer |publisher=naval-history.net |date=2004 |last=Mason |first=Geoffrey B. |editor=Gordon Smith |accessdate=25 November 2015}}
6. ^{{cite book|ref=harv|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z85Xh21qniEC|title=The German fleet at war, 1939–1945|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2004|isbn=9781591146513|first=Vincent P.|last=O'Hara|authorlink=Vincent P. O'Hara|pages=179–181}}
7. ^{{cite book|last=Critchley |first=Mike |title=British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers |publisher=Maritime Books |location=Liskeard, UK |date=1982 |isbn=0-9506323-9-2 |pages=35}}

Publications

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  • {{cite book|last=English|first=John|title=The Hunts: A history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II|year=1987|publisher=World Ship Society|isbn=0-905617-44-4}}
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