HMS Whelp (R37)
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hms-whelp-r37-224-613854
title:
HMS Whelp (R37)
text:
HMS Whelp was one of eight W-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. 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, Formosa and near Okinawa. Whelp was present at the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945 and later in Hong Kong. She was paid off in January 1946 and went into reser
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W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Whelp_(R37)
date created:
2010-02-04T09:09:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T12:55:44Z
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