HMS Wessex (R78)
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hms-wessex-r78-223-1994368
title:
HMS Wessex (R78)
text:
HMS Wessex was one of eight W-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Completed in 1944, the ship spent most of the war assigned to the Eastern and Pacific Fleets. She screened British aircraft carriers as their aircraft attacked targets in the Japanese-occupied Nicobar Islands, the Dutch East Indies and Okinawa. Wessex was then reduced to reserve after arriving home in December 1945. She was then transferred to Simon's Town, South Africa in 1947, to form the South Atlanti
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description:
W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during World War II
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Wessex_(R78)
date created:
2007-12-05T22:51:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T11:45:59Z
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13
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