HMS Itchen
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Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been called HMS Itchen after the English river:
- The first Itchen was a River class destroyer launched in 1903 and torpedoed in the North Sea on 6 July 1917 by the German U-boat U99. The submarine was herself torpedoed the following day.
- The second Itchen was a River class frigate launched in 1942 but blew up on 23 September 1943 when hit by acoustic homing torpedo fired by the German submarine U66. There were only 3 survivors from her crew and the 81 survivors from HMS Polyanthus and HMCS St. Croix that she was carrying.
- The most recent Itchen was a River class minehunter launched on 30 June1984 and sold to the Brazillian government in 1998 and renamed Bracui.
References
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
- [U-boat net]
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