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Dates: 1944 - 1967 “W” Class destroyer ordered in December 1941 from Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow with ships of the 9th Emergency Flotilla and laid down as Yard No 833 on 14th September 1942. Launched on 29th September 1943 she was the 5th RN ship to bear this name. It had been first used for a Brig-Sloop in 1805 and lastly by a destroyer built in 1895 which was sold in 1920. Build was completed on 30th March 1944 and she was initially deployed in the Home Fleet. After a successful WARSHIP WEEK campaign for National Savings in March 1942 this destroyer was “adopted” by the civil community of Wood Green, Middlesex, now part of the Borough of Haringey. Badge : On a field White a pentacle Red within an annulet also Red.
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" Joined R N January 60 staight to HMS Raliegh Living in Nissan huts the only form of heating was a pot belly stove in the middle of the mess.But it was warm and cosy ,unless you where unfortunate enough to have the bunk by the door.We didn’t complain because we didn’t know any ..."
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"bernard williams seniour steward hms wizard 1944 to 1949 any one alive who knows him
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