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R.48 Wrangler
Royal Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
W class 1942/09/29
Vickers Armstrong, Barrow
1943/12/30 1944/07/14 1956/11/29
sold
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage:


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/11       joinInd  
44/11/17 44/11/21 Outfl   raid -Pangkalan Brandan  
45/05       joinPac  
45/07 45/09   37/DesFlot27 raid Home Islands   104 
45/07/19 45/07/20   112.2.6     108 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1957 > South Africa: Vrystaat
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...):
Notice: sold to South Afrika > Vrystaat