Alex Walters – 30th June 2024 at 12:06pm HMS Wellington has been at her current berth on Victoria Embankment since 1948 (Picture: The Wellington Trust) HMS Wellington, the last surviving Royal Navy vessel from the Battle of the Atlantic – the longest continuous military campaign of the Second World War – requires essential repairs or risks being scrapped.Continue reading “HMS Wellington launches fundraiser for essential repairs as she wards off being scrapped”
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HQS/HMS Wellington (launched Devonport, 1934) is a Grimsby-class sloop, formerly of the Royal Navy. Built at Devonport in 1934, HMS Wellington served in the Pacific mainly on station in New Zealand and China before the Second World War.
During the Second World War, she served as a convoy escort ship in the North Atlantic. She is now moored alongside the Victoria Embankment, at Temple Pier, on the River Thames in London, England. From 1948 to 2023 she was the headquarters ship of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, known as HQS Wellington. Royal Navy service Wellington in April 1942. Built at Devonport in 1934, HMS Wellington served in theContinue reading “HQS/HMS Wellington (launched Devonport, 1934) is a Grimsby-class sloop, formerly of the Royal Navy. Built at Devonport in 1934, HMS Wellington served in the Pacific mainly on station in New Zealand and China before the Second World War.”
