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HMS ''Somali'' was a destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. She was launched in 1937, captured the first prize of World War II and served in Home and Mediterranean waters. She was torpedoed on 20 September 1942 in the Arctic. ==History== She was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. She was laid down on 26 August 1936, launched on 24 August 1937, and commissioned on 12 December 1938. On 3 September 1939, ''Somali'' intercepted the German freighter , 350 miles south of Iceland, and took her as a prize. This was the first enemy mercantile to be captured during the war.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ADM 199/393 - Home Fleet War Diaries 1939-41 )〕 On 15 May 1940, during the Norwegian Campaign, ''Somali'' was carrying Brigadier the Hon. William Fraser, commander of 24th Guards Brigade, back to Harstad from a reconnaissance of Mo when she was bombed by German aircraft and forced to return to the United Kingdom for repairs, taking the Brigadier with her. He did not reach Harstad until 23 May.〔Derry, pp. 182–3.〕〔Joslen, p. 270.〕 On 23 October, , and ''Somali'' shelled and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Stadlandet, Norway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NAVAL EVENTS, OCTOBER 1940 (Part 2 of 2) Tuesday 15th - Thursday 31st )〕 ''Somali'' was the leader of the British 6th Destroyer Flotilla and spent most of the winter of 1940/41 screening Home Fleet sweeps. In May 1941, ''Somali'' boarded the German weather ship ''München''. Prior to being boarded, the crew of ''München'' threw overboard the ship's Enigma machine in a weighted bag. However, documents on the operation of the Enigma machine were left on board, as were vital codebooks providing a breakthrough for Allied codebreakers. On 13 August 1942, ''Somali'' rescued all 105 crew of the American cargo ship , which had been torpedoed by E boats while taking part in Operation Pedestal. The rescued crew were landed at Gibraltar.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joel Blane James )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Somali (F33)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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