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HMS Whimbrel (U29)

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Whimbrel during World War II
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Whimbrel
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down31 October 1941
Launched25 August 1942
Commissioned13 January 1943
Identificationpennant number U29
Honours and
awards
  • Sicily 1943
  • Atlantic 1943-44
  • Normandy 1944
  • English Channel 1944
  • Arctic 1944
  • Okinawa 1945
FateSold to Egypt November 1949
History
Egypt
NameEl Malek Farouq
AcquiredNovember 1949
RenamedTariq 1954
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass- sloop

HMS Whimbrel is the last surviving Royal Navy warship present at the Japanese Surrender in World War II. She was a sloop of the Template:Sclass-, laid down on 31 October 1941 to the pennant number of U29 at the famed yards of Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow.

Second World War Service

Launched on 25 August 1942 almost nine months after laying down which was about average for this class of vessel. She was commissioned on the 13 January 1943 and was to primarily serve in the Atlantic as part of several escort groups. In 1945 she was sent to the Pacific for the last few months in war being part of the large exodus of ships there. She was present at the Japanese surrender.

Post War

In November 1949 she was sold to Egypt and renamed El Malek Farouq. In 1954 she was renamed Tariq.[1]

A preservation attempt launched in 2006 [2] aimed to bring her to Canning Dock Liverpool as a memorial to those who died on the Atlantic Convoys. On 26 March 2008 a plaque celebrating the ship was presented to the Mayor of Sefton. John Livingston, president of the Liverpool branch of the Whimbrel Project, said: "She’d be a marvellous addition to our waterfront and a reminder of the sacrifice of our seamen". The Mayor of Sefton, Cllr Richard Hands, said: "HMS Whimbrel forms a unique part of both our social and maritime history and I fully support the campaign to bring her back to Liverpool".[3] The attempt stalled when it was not possible to agree a price with the Egyptian Government.

Notes

  1. ^ Blackman, Raymond V B, Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London, p71
  2. ^ HMS Whimbrel (1942-49) Battle of the Atlantic Memorial Project
  3. ^ HMS Whimbrel honoured with special plaque - Liverpool Echo.co.uk

Publications

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Hague, Arnold (1993). Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.

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