HMS Bluebell 1945
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Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Bluebell | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1945 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Second World War | derived from year |
| Ship type | corvette | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | War action | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Operator | Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | Barents Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Russia | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 10 km from land |
| Position | 69.4000, 33.7000 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
HMS Bluebell was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy in World War II. Ordered from Fleming & Ferguson of Paisley, Scotland on 27 July 1939, she was launched on 24 April 1940 and commissioned in July 1940. She served in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Arctic campaigns, escorting several convoys to Russia, and also took part in the invasions of Sicily and France. She was torpedoed and sunk by U-711 in the Kola Inlet on 17 February 1945 while escorting the convoy RA 64 from Murmansk. Only one member of her crew survived.
Location
- Recorded position: 69.4000, 33.7000 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Barents Sea
- Nearest coast: Russia
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Bluebell (K80) (revision 1374764608), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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