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|Ship country=United Kingdom |
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|Ship class=[[V and W class destroyer#Admiralty modified W class|Admiralty Modified W-class]] [[destroyer]] |
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|Ship name=HMS ''Verity'' |
|Ship name=HMS ''Verity'' |
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|Ship ordered=January 1918 |
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|Ship builder=[[John Brown & Company]], [[Clydebank]] |
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|Ship laid down=17 May 1918 |
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|Ship launched=19 March 1919 |
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|Ship fate=Sold to be broken up for scrap on 4 March 1947 |
|Ship fate=Sold to be broken up for scrap on 4 March 1947 |
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|Ship honours=*Atlantic (1939-45) |
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|Ship class=[[V and W-class destroyer|Admiralty modified W-class]] [[destroyer]] |
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|Ship displacement=1,140 tons standard, 1,550 tons full |
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|Ship length= {{cvt|300|ft}} [[Length overall|o/a]], {{cvt|312|ft}} [[Length between perpendiculars|p/p]] |
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|Ship draught= {{cvt|9|ft}}, {{cvt|11.25|ft}} under full load |
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*3 × [[Yarrow boiler|Yarrow type]] Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared [[steam turbines]], 2 shafts, 30,000 shp |
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*LRE conversion 1943 |
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*2 × [[Yarrow boiler|Yarrow type]] Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared [[steam turbines]], 2 shafts, 24,000 shp |
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*32 [[knot (unit)|kn]] |
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*24.5 kn |
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| Ship range=*320-370 tons oil |
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*3,500 [[nautical mile|nmi]] at 15 kn |
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*900 nmi at 32 kn |
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| Ship complement= 127 |
| Ship complement= 127 |
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|Ship sensors=*After 1943 LRE conversion: Type 271 target indication radar |
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*Type 291 air warning radar |
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|Ship armament=*''As built 1920:'' |
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|Ship armament= ''As built 1920:''<br />4 x [[BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun|BL 4.7 in (120-mm) Mk.I guns]], mount P Mk.I<br />• 2 x [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39)]]<br />• 6 × [[British 21 inch torpedo|21-inch Torpedo Tubes]]<br />1943 LRE conversion:''<br />• 3 × BL 4.7 in (120mm) Mk.I L/45 guns <br />• 1 × {{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on}} AA gun<br />• 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39)<br />• 2 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20mm Orkelion cannons]]<br />• 3 × {{convert|21|in|mm|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (triple mount)<br />• 2 × depth charge racks<br />• [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] anti-submarine mortar |
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*4 × [[BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun|BL 4.7 in (120-mm) Mk.I guns]], mount P Mk.I |
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*2 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20mm Oerlikon cannons]] |
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*3 × {{cvt|21|in|mm|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (triple mount) |
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|Ship honours=Atlantic (1939-45)<br />Dunkirk (1940)<br />North Sea (1940)<br />North Africa (1942-43) |
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'''HMS ''Verity''''' was an [[V and W |
'''HMS ''Verity''''' was an [[V and W-class destroyer|Admiralty modified W-class]] [[destroyer]] built for the [[Royal Navy]]. She was the first ship to carry the name ''Verity''. She was ordered in January 1918 from [[John Brown & Company]] of [[Clydebank]] with the 13th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency War Program of 1918–19. |
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==Construction== |
==Construction== |
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HMS ''Verity''{{'}}s keel was laid on 17 May 1918 at the [[John Brown & Company]] Shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland. She was launched on 19 March 1919. She was {{cvt|312|ft}} overall in length with a beam of {{cvt|29.5|ft}}. Her mean draught was {{cvt|9|ft}}, and reached {{cvt|11.25|ft}} under full load. She had a displacement of 1,140 [[ton]]s standard and up to 1,550 full load.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 |url= http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Destroyers/Admiralty-V_Post_War.html|url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120216190020/http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Destroyers/Admiralty-V_Post_War.html |archive-date=16 February 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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She was propelled by three [[Yarrow boiler|Yarrow type]] water tube boilers powering Brown-Curtis geared [[steam turbines]] developing 27,000 |
She was propelled by three [[Yarrow boiler|Yarrow type]] water tube boilers powering Brown-Curtis geared [[steam turbines]] developing 27,000 [[horsepower|shp]] driving two screws for a maximum designed speed of 34 [[knot (unit)|knot]]s. She was oil-fired and had a fuel capacity of 320 to 350 tons. This gave a range of between 3500 [[nautical mile]]s at 15 knots to 900 nautical miles at 32 knots.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 |url=http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Destroyers/Admiralty-V_Post_War.html |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120216190020/http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Destroyers/Admiralty-V_Post_War.html |archive-date=16 February 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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She shipped four [[BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun|BL 4.7 in (120-mm) Mk.I guns]], mount P Mk.I naval guns in four single |
She shipped four [[BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun|BL 4.7 in (120-mm) Mk.I guns]], mount P Mk.I naval guns in four single centre-line turrets. The turrets were disposed as two forward and two aft in super imposed firing positions. She also carried two [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39)]] mounted abeam between funnels. Abaft of the second funnel, she carried six [[British 21 inch torpedo|21-inch Torpedo Tubes]] mounted in pairs on the centre-line.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 |url= http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Destroyers/Admiralty-V_Post_War.html |url-status=dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120216190020/http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Destroyers/Admiralty-V_Post_War.html |archive-date=16 February 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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==Inter-War |
==Inter-War period== |
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Commissioned into the Royal Navy on |
Commissioned into the Royal Navy on 17 September 1919, she was assigned to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla of the [[Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom)|Atlantic Fleet]] with [[pennant number]] D63. She spent the later part of the 20s and the early 30s in the Mediterranean. In 1938 the ship was assigned to the Local Flotilla based at [[Portsmouth]]. |
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==World War |
==Second World War== |
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Upon the outbreak of war in September 1939 she deployed for convoy defence in the South-West Approaches, escorting convoy GC1 from Milford Haven with |
Upon the outbreak of war in September 1939 she deployed for convoy defence in the South-West Approaches, escorting convoy GC1 from [[Milford Haven]] with {{HMS|Witherington|D76|6}}, {{HMS|Wolverine|D78|6}} and {{HMS|Volunteer|D71|6}} on 5 September. October saw her transferred to the [[19th Destroyer Flotilla]] at [[Harwich]] for East Coast convoy defence until December. |
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HMS ''Verity'' was assigned to assist in the [[Dunkirk evacuation|Evacuation of Dunkirk]] in 1940. She came under fire from shore batteries near [[Calais]] and suffered casualties. |
HMS ''Verity'' was assigned to assist in the [[Dunkirk evacuation|Evacuation of Dunkirk]] in 1940. She came under fire from shore batteries near [[Calais]] and suffered casualties. |
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She remained in the area after the evacuation as a convoy escort, and was attacked on 14 August by six [[Kriegsmarine]] [[naval trawler|trawlers]] and three [[E-boats]]. Two of the German ships were sunk in the resulting engagement. |
She remained in the area after the evacuation as a convoy escort, and was attacked on 14 August by six [[Kriegsmarine]] [[naval trawler|trawlers]] and three [[E-boats]]. Two of the German ships were sunk in the resulting engagement. |
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==North Africa== |
===North Africa=== |
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[[Operation Torch]], the invasion of [[Axis powers|Axis]] controlled [[North Africa|Africa]], started in 1942. HMS ''Verity'' was assigned to escort military convoys in preparation of this attack. She supported the landings at [[Oran]], during which she helped rescue troops from |
[[Operation Torch]], the invasion of [[Axis powers|Axis]] controlled [[North Africa|Africa]], started in 1942. HMS ''Verity'' was assigned to escort military convoys in preparation of this attack. She supported the landings at [[Oran]], during which she helped rescue troops from the stricken [[troopship]] ''Strathallan'', which {{GS|U-562||2}} had torpedoed. Only 11 were killed in the attack, which was carrying more than 5,000 officers, men and crew. ''Strathallan'' sank nearly 22 hours after the torpedo hit. |
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==Bibliography== |
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* {{cite book|last=Campbell|first=John|title=Naval Weapons of World War II|year=1985|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=0-87021-459-4}} |
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* {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}} |
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* {{Cite Colledge2006}} |
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* {{cite book |first1=Maurice |last1=Cocker |publisher=Ian Allan |title=Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893–1981 |isbn=0-7110-1075-7}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2009|isbn=978-1-59114-081-8}} |
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* {{cite book |editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|author-link=Henry Trevor Lenton|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998|isbn=1-55750-048-7}} |
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* {{cite book|last=March|first=Edgar J.|title=British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans|year=1966|publisher=Seeley Service|location=London |oclc=164893555}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Preston |first=Antony |title='V & W' Class Destroyers 1917–1945 |publisher=Macdonald |location=London |year=1971 |oclc=464542895}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Whinney |first=Bob |title=The U-boat Peril: A Fight for Survival |publisher=Cassell |year=2000 |isbn=0-304-35132-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/uboatperilfightf0000whin }} |
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* {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War 2|publisher=Naval Institute Press|date=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Winser|first=John de D.|title=B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Gravesend, Kent|year=1999|isbn=0-905617-91-6}} |
* {{cite book|last=Winser|first=John de D.|title=B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Gravesend, Kent|year=1999|isbn=0-905617-91-6}} |
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-09VW-Verity.htm HMS Verity, Destroyer] |
* [http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-09VW-Verity.htm HMS Verity, Destroyer] |
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HMS Verity circa 1930
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Name | HMS Verity |
Ordered | January 1918 |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
Laid down | 17 May 1918 |
Launched | 19 March 1919 |
Commissioned | 17 September 1919 |
Refit | Reconstructed to Long Range Escort finished in October 1943 |
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Fate | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 4 March 1947 |
Badge | On a Field Black, a Roman Lamp Gold |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Admiralty modified W-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,140 tons standard, 1,550 tons full |
Length | 300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m) p/p |
Beam | 29.5 ft (9.0 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m), 11.25 ft (3.43 m) under full load |
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Complement | 127 |
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Armament |
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HMS Verity was an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She was the first ship to carry the name Verity. She was ordered in January 1918 from John Brown & Company of Clydebank with the 13th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency War Program of 1918–19.
Construction[edit]
HMS Verity's keel was laid on 17 May 1918 at the John Brown & Company Shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland. She was launched on 19 March 1919. She was 312 ft (95 m) overall in length with a beam of 29.5 ft (9.0 m). Her mean draught was 9 ft (2.7 m), and reached 11.25 ft (3.43 m) under full load. She had a displacement of 1,140 tons standard and up to 1,550 full load.[1]
She was propelled by three Yarrow type water tube boilers powering Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines developing 27,000 shp driving two screws for a maximum designed speed of 34 knots. She was oil-fired and had a fuel capacity of 320 to 350 tons. This gave a range of between 3500 nautical miles at 15 knots to 900 nautical miles at 32 knots.[2]
She shipped four BL 4.7 in (120-mm) Mk.I guns, mount P Mk.I naval guns in four single centre-line turrets. The turrets were disposed as two forward and two aft in super imposed firing positions. She also carried two QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) mounted abeam between funnels. Abaft of the second funnel, she carried six 21-inch Torpedo Tubes mounted in pairs on the centre-line.[3]
Inter-War period[edit]
Commissioned into the Royal Navy on 17 September 1919, she was assigned to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet with pennant number D63. She spent the later part of the 20s and the early 30s in the Mediterranean. In 1938 the ship was assigned to the Local Flotilla based at Portsmouth.
Second World War[edit]
Upon the outbreak of war in September 1939 she deployed for convoy defence in the South-West Approaches, escorting convoy GC1 from Milford Haven with HMS Witherington, HMS Wolverine and HMS Volunteer on 5 September. October saw her transferred to the 19th Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich for East Coast convoy defence until December.
HMS Verity was assigned to assist in the Evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. She came under fire from shore batteries near Calais and suffered casualties.
She remained in the area after the evacuation as a convoy escort, and was attacked on 14 August by six Kriegsmarine trawlers and three E-boats. Two of the German ships were sunk in the resulting engagement.
North Africa[edit]
Operation Torch, the invasion of Axis controlled Africa, started in 1942. HMS Verity was assigned to escort military convoys in preparation of this attack. She supported the landings at Oran, during which she helped rescue troops from the stricken troopship Strathallan, which U-562 had torpedoed. Only 11 were killed in the attack, which was carrying more than 5,000 officers, men and crew. Strathallan sank nearly 22 hours after the torpedo hit.
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919". Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919". Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919". Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
Bibliography[edit]
- Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- 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.
- Cocker, Maurice. Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893–1981. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1075-7.
- Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-081-8.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Lenton, H. T. (1998). British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.
- Preston, Antony (1971). 'V & W' Class Destroyers 1917–1945. London: Macdonald. OCLC 464542895.
- Raven, Alan & Roberts, John (1979). 'V' and 'W' Class Destroyers. Man o'War. Vol. 2. London: Arms & Armour. ISBN 0-85368-233-X.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Whinney, Bob (2000). The U-boat Peril: A Fight for Survival. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-35132-6.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
- Winser, John de D. (1999). B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-91-6.