HMS Wryneck
The British destroyer Wryneck is attacked by German Stuka aircraft and sunk off Nauplia, Greece, 27 April 1941(?). She was helping in the evacuation of troops from Greece, and in the process had picked up, with the help of another British destroyer, the Diamond, around 700 troops and crew from the 11,600 ton Dutch liner Slamat now converted as a troopship and under British control, which had been attacked and damaged earlier.
The Wryneck and Diamond are both sunk in the attack with the loss of nearly both their crews and all the survivors of the Slamat. The Wryneck lost 7 officers and 98 ratings, the Diamond lost 7 officers and 141 ratings.
Of approximately 950 troops and crews of both ships, only 1 officer, 14 naval ratings and 8 soldiers are rescued.