Six Rare Turtles Returned To Original Habitat Thanks To Royal Navy
The crew of HMS Medway released the vulnerable creatures off the Azores as the patrol ship headed towards the Caribbean. ROYAL NAVY VIA SWNS. “> Six rare turtles have been returned to their original Atlantic habitat…
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About HMS Medway
HMS Medway was the first purpose-built submarine depot ship constructed for the Royal Navy. She was built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow-in-Furness during the late 1920s. The ship served on the China Station before the Second World War and was transferred to Egypt in early 1940. Ordered to evacuate Alexandria in the face of the German advance after the Battle of Gazala in May 1942, Medway sailed for Lebanon at the end of June, escorted by a light cruiser and seven destroyers. Her strong escort could not protect her; on 30 June a German submarine torpedoed and sank her.
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