Wreck of HMS Vervain
Shipwreck site
- Position
- About 51.8° N, 7° W (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised to protect a war grave
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
A military vessel lost in war, by enemy action. Wrecks lost in war are treated as war graves.
This wreck may be the last resting place of those who died aboard. Please treat it with respect.
How this was decided: Seadar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 85%. When in doubt, Seadar generalises the position.
HMS Vervain (K190) was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy, laid down as Broom but renamed in January 1941. She served during the Second World War. In March 1942, the ship was adopted by the village of Queensbury in West Yorkshire. On 28 February 1943 the Liberty ship SS Wade Hampton was torpedoed by the German submarine U-405 while sailing in a convoy from New York to Murmansk, Russia. Survivors were picked up by Vervain and HMS Beverley near Greenland. On 20 February 1945 at 11:45 hours Vervain was escorting a homeward-bound convoy when she was sunk by a torpedo from a U-boat, U-1276 under Oberleutnant zur See Karl-Heinz Wendt, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Dungarvan, Ireland, south of Waterford. Vervain sank after 20 minutes. The commander, three officers and 56 ratings were lost. Three officers and 30 ratings were rescued.
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