The photos above were obtained at Eden Camp, Yorkshire.

HMS Wakeful H88.
29th May 1940: Torpedoed by German E-boat S-30, 13 miles north of Nieuport. Twenty five of the crew survived but 650 troops being evacuated from Europe died. The wreck was later scuttled by RN Corvette Sheldrake on 30th May. Later, sources mention her in the Pacific.

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