HMS Harvester (H19)

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HMS Harvester was classed as an H class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched by Vickers-Armstrong in 1939. She was renamed Harvester as her original name of Handy was too liable to be confused with HMS Hardy. Harvester and HMS Highlander (H44) sank U-32 in October, 1940,[1] and Harvester and HMCS Ottawa (H60) sank the Italian Marcello class submarine Faa di Bruno in November.[2] Harvester was torpedoed in 1943 by U-432 shortly after ramming U-444 while escorting convoy HX-228.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.40
  2. ^ Blair 1996 p.212
  3. ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.198

[edit] References

  • Blair, Clay (1996). Hitler's U-Boat War, The Hunters 1939-1942. Random House. ISBN 0-394-58839-8. 
  • Rohwer, J. and Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X. 
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