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equipment installed in 1942 to improve her ability to detect German aircraft and small surface craft and give her a greater capability to warn other ships of the approach of enemy aircraft and ships and to communicate while manoeuvering – without further major incident until the
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on 28 May. She delivered another 315 troops from Dunkirk at Dover on 29 May. On 30 May, she made two evacuation voyages, carrying 616 troops to Dover on the first one and 1,065 on the second. On 31 May while at Dunkirk, she suffered damage when a fire broke out in her
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link between Dunkirk and Dover and later in the day landed 425 evacuated troops at Dover. She carried another 535 troops from Dunkirk to Dover on 1 June before being withdrawn from evacuation operations later in the day for repairs.
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which had harassed the other ships and their boats all day. She remained at Nanjing, prepared for further action, until all foreign refugees were safely aboard the ships on the evening of 25 March 1927.
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and pre-deployment work-ups at Malta. With all work completed on 21 January 1940, her pennant number was changed to L02, and she was selected for service in home waters. She proceeded from Malta to
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as they confronted Chinese troops threatening foreigners ashore; she arrived as the other ships opened fire on Chinese positions and, without a target designation for her larger guns, used her
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320–370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h), 900 nmi (1,700 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
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embarked a demolition party for Le Havre and then steamed to Calais to assist in the evacuation of British citizens before returning to
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was decommissioned in the summer of 1945 and transferred to the reserve; by October 1945 she was no longer on the Royal Navy
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escorted a convoy bringing reinforcements from the United Kingdom for French antiaircraft defenses in ports along the
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national savings campaign in December 1941. She continued on convoy escort and patrol duty in the North Sea – having
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on 3 June for repairs. Upon their completion, she began convoy defence operations and anti-invasion patrols in the
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A HARD FOUGHT SHIP: The story of HMS Venomous: The evacuation of British citizens from Calais by the V & Ws
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in July 1940. In August 1940, she returned to convoy escort duty with the Western Approaches Command.
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nearby and forced off Chinese students who had boarded it to stage a demonstration; the
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s active list. She was placed on the disposal list in 1946 and sold on 4 March 1947 to
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in early May 1945. She took no part in any operations related to the Allied
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became G40 in June 1918; it was changed to D98 during the interwar period.
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escorted the convoy until its arrival at Liverpool on 7 February 1940.
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again bombarded Escault on 17 May. On 22 May she and the destroyer
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still was undergoing her conversion and a refit at Malta when the
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naval-history.net HMS WOLSEY (D 98) – V & W-class Destroyer
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on 3 September 1939. In January 1940 she began post-conversion
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In 1938, the Royal Navy selected her for conversion into an
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that began that month. On 13 May, she and the destroyers
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to repel by force any Chinese attempt to board her, and
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forces captured them. On 16 May, she and the destroyer
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on 16 March 1918, she was completed on 14 May 1918 and
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Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. 1435: 1416: 1397: 1395: 1127:was "adopted" by the civil community of 1028:attacked, sinking the merchant ships SS 941: 901:in defence of the evacuation of Calais. 712:, where on 29 January 1940, she and the 554:arrived on the scene and came alongside 422:that saw service in the final months of 172:: 'Where our forefathers lead we follow' 1676:. 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Index

HMS Wolsey (L02)
World War II
United Kingdom
John I. Thornycroft & Company
Woolston
Hampshire
Pennant number
Battle honours
Dunkirk 1940
Atlantic 1940–1942
North Sea 1939–1945
English Channel 1943
scrapping
leopard
Admiralty W-class
destroyer
o/a
p/p
Water-tube boilers
steam turbines
QF 4 in Mk V
QF 3-inch 20 cwt
torpedoes
W-class
destroyer
British
Royal Navy
World War I
Nanking incident of 1927
World War II

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