DESTROYER SUNK
FATE OF 11.M.5. WREN 1 BOMBED BY ENEMY PLANES TWO MACHINES SHOT DOWN (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received July 30, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, July 29 His Majesty’s destroyer Wren has been lost through enemy action. The Admiralty announced that the Wren was hit by a bomb during an action between British patrolling destroyers and enemy planes. The Wren subsequently sank. His Majesty’s destroyer Montrose shot down two bombers in this engagement. The Wren was completed in 1919. It had a displacement of 1120 tons, a speed of 34 knots, and main armament of four 4.7 inch guns and six torpedo tubes.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21178, 30 July 1940, Page 6
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104DESTROYER SUNK Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21178, 30 July 1940, Page 6
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