HMS Berwick - Guide 217

The Berwick, a County class punching bag of the Royal Navy, is today's subject.

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[Squallfie]

My grandfather served on this ship, James 'Jim' Pullen. he was on board when they had the fight with the Hipper. Afterwards he was transferred to destroyers where he spent time escorting convoys in the Arctic before being sent to the Indian Ocean and then the Pacific. I remember him telling me war stories as a kid, I was always enchanted by his stories. Of course he left out all the fear and the devastation shell hits caused. It wasn't until many years later that I realized he was a hero, along with so many others. Miss you Gan Gan.

[korbell]

Naval Architect:"Okay guys, we are designing this ship with the anticipation that someone, somewhere, is going to blow up the Washington Treaty at some point!"

[lawrencewestby]

If by taking damage from Hipper in exchange for protecting a troop convoy then she did her duty well.

[Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

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[TheRCScotsman]

1:42 I love a bit of engineering foresight, allowing for future improvements to be almost modular in nature... not that this happened here, of course! Banish such thoughts!

[karlvongazenberg]

Mission 1 - receive 30k damage from Italian ships, COMPLETED
Mission 2 - receive 30k damage from German ships, COMPLETED

[boreasreal]

I can imagine the dockyard workers shaking their heads every few weeks when she comes in for repair again

[bjturon]

The white and buff paint scheme for the China Station looked real sharp in photo 🙂

[DieselxRobot]

County class cruisers are some of the best looking warships ever.

[mrbox]

My Grandfather was a sonar/asdic operator on HMS Berwick

[calvingreene]

I don't consider a cruiser taking a pasting while distracting an enemy ship from sinking troop transports bad luck.

[inyobill]

Of course, "bad luck" is relative, considering her survival of the war.

[joshthomas-moore]

HMS Berwick to her captian: "Did someone break a mirror?"

[jeffreytam]

Hello, hope everyone has a good weekend!

[eric]

"County Class Punching Bag"

This gonna be good

[mikepotter]

"Bearich", "Lester"
Two places you’ll never find on any map. I believe I've discovered why operation sealion was cancelled. :)

[Chettkat]

Exceptionally handsome vessel with strait hull lines and three raked stacks.

[NickHey]

HMS Berwick's motto: Oh for gods sake!

[iberiksoderblom]

Just a steady little workhorse of a ship !

[abchaplin]

BERWICK was the last of His Majesty's Ships in which my father served as a petty officer of the Royal Naval Reserve. He joined her shortly after D-Day and worked her radar as a "qualified knob twiddler" until his demobilization. Fortunately for my siblings and me, she seemed a much luckier ship once he came aboard.