Chronology of World War II

Tuesday, August 22

HMS Nabob After She Was Torpedoed


HMS <i>Nabob</i> After She Was Torpedoed
HMS Nabob after she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-354 on August 22, 1944 in the Barents Sea with severe damage. Her crew managed to get her back after 5 days and arrived at Inverness (or possibly Scapa Flow) August 27, 1944 for emergency repairs. Judged not worth repairing, towed to Rosyth, beached and abandoned. Decommissioned September 30, 1944 but retained in nominal reserve. She was stripped to support sisterships.