HMS Crescent 1940
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Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Crescent | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1940 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Second World War | derived from year |
| Ship type | destroyer | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Collision | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom, Canada | Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country |
| Operator | Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | Bay of Biscay | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | France | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 23 km from land |
| Position | 45.7500, -1.5000 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
HMS Crescent was a C-class destroyer which was built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The ship was initially assigned to the Home Fleet, although she was temporarily deployed in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean during the Abyssinia Crisis of 1935–36. Crescent was sold to the Royal Canadian Navy in late 1936 and renamed HMCS Fraser. She was stationed on the west coast of Canada until the beginning of World War II when she was transferred to the Atlantic coast for convoy escort duties. The ship was transferred to the United Kingdom (UK) in May 1940 and helped to evacuate refugees from France upon her arrival in early June. Fraser was sunk on 25 June 1940 in a collision with the anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Calcutta while returning from one such mission.
Location
- Recorded position: 45.7500, -1.5000 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Bay of Biscay
- Nearest coast: France
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Crescent (1931) (revision 1375232051), 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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