mounts on the centre-line. HMS Veteran was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 13 November 1919 with the pennant number D72. After commissioning she was...
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1807 as HMS Prometheus. She was used for harbour service from 1819, was renamed HMS Veteran in 1839 and was broken up in 1852. HMS Veteran (D72) was an...
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escort aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy during World War II HMS Veteran (D72), Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy This...
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aircraft HMS Wren (D88) off Aldeburgh 27 July 1940 Sunk by German aircraft HMS Veteran (D72) Atlantic Ocean 26 September 1942 Sunk by U-404 HMS Wild Swan...
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destroyer HMS Leamington, the V and W-class destroyer HMS Veteran and S-class destroyers HMS Skate and HMS Saladin. Leamington and Veteran dropped 21...
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U-404. 54°34′N 25°44′W / 54.567°N 25.733°W / 54.567; -25.733 (HMS Veteran (D72)) Wahehe United Kingdom 3 February 1941 A cargo ship that was torpedoed...
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at sea and sinking three more ships, including the W-Class Destroyer HMS Veteran in mid-Atlantic. It was a different story on her fifth patrol; she spent...
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