Chronology of World War II

Tuesday, August 22

HMS Bickerton Got the Second Torpedo


HMS <i>Bickerton</i> Got the Second Torpedo
The HMS Bickerton was refuelling from the HMS Nabob when Nabob got hit. HMS Bickerton got the second torpedo from the German submarine U-354 on August 22, 1944 in the Barents Sea. A Canadian destroyer came back to help and the German submarine dived. The Canadian destroyer rescued the Bickerton crew that was alive and then sent HMS Bickerton to the bottom as she was hit too bad to save.