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This weeks contest is to remember the actions that led to the sinking of the HMS Edinburgh
"Edinburgh was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Stuart Bonham Carter, commanding the escort of returning Convoy QP 11: 17 ships which left Murmansk on 28 April 1942. On 30 April, a German U-Boat fired a torpedo into her starboard side. The ship began to list heavily, but the crew reacted quickly and competently by closing watertight bulkheads, which prevented the ship from sinking immediately. Soon after, that U-Boat put a second torpedo into Edinburgh's stern, wrecking her steering equipment and crippling her.
Edinburgh was taken in tow and tried to return to Murmansk with destroyers Foresight and Forester, and four Halcyon-class minesweepers. Along the way, she was hounded constantly by German torpedo bombers. On 2 May, as she progressed at a snail's pace under tow and her own power, she was attacked off Bear Island by three large German destroyers.
Edinburgh cast off the tow so that she started to sail in circles. Although her guns were in disarray, she fired on the attacking German ships. She was struck by another torpedo struck amidships, exactly opposite the first torpedo hit. She was now held together only by the deck plating and keel, which was likely to fail at any time, so the crew abandoned ship.
One of the escorts tried to scuttle Edinburgh with 4 inch gunfire, but 20 shots did not sink her. Depth charges dropped alongside also failed. Finally, an escort sank Edinburgh with her last torpedo (the others having been expended against the German destroyers)."
Submit a screenshot of HMS Edinburgh in Random/Coop battle modes or in port (note, you do not need to own her to do this in port) example below, between April 27th 14:00 UTC (9AM CDT) and May 4th 13:00 UTC (8AM CDT).
5 randomly selected winners will receive:
7 Days Warships Premium
Participation
5x Union Jack Camos
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That is all.
Mahalo,
-Hapa