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• The team was named WIVERN and toured throughout England and France.
• In January 1945, " Wivern " was escorting a convoy when she suffered structural damage during a Force 12 gale.
• "Wivern " continued her convoy escort duties in the North Sea until the surrender of Germany in early May 1945.
• On 3 August 1941, " Wivern " departed Freetown bound for Gibraltar, where she entered the Royal Navy Dockyard for a refit.
• "Wivern " burst one of her 9-inch guns in 1867, but none of the 13 people in the turret was injured.
• In March 1942, the civil community of West Hartlepool in County Durham " adopted " " Wivern " in a Warship Week national savings campaign.
• After completion of repairs, " Wivern " returned to service with her flotilla at Harwich in July 1940 to continue her convoy and patrol duties in the North Sea.
• On 7 September 1940 " Wivern " and " Wild Swan " took part in Operation Rival, screening " Cardiff " and the light cruiser as they patrolled off the coast of the Netherlands.
• "Wivern " remained on escort duty at Freetown until October 1942, when she proceeded to Gibraltar with orders to support Operation Torch, the upcoming Allied amphibious landings in French Morocco and French Algeria scheduled for November 1942.
• One of her commanding officers was Captain Hugh Talbot Burgoyne, VC who was later appointed the commanding officer of . " Wivern " remained in Hong Kong until sold for scrap in 1922, having been reduced to harbor duties from 1904.
• In 1939, " Wivern " was recommissioned as the fleet mobilised because of deteriorating diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany and was selected for assignment to the 16th Destroyer Flotilla based at Portsmouth in the event of war breaking out.
• On 14 May " Wivern " and " Wild Swan " escorted the Free French Forces on the first leg of " Surcouf " s transatlantic voyage, separating from the submarine to return to the United Kingdom on reaching.
• "Wivern " was part of the escort of Convoy FS 56 on its voyage from Rosyth to the Thames Estuary on 14 March 1945 when the attacked, torpedoing and sinking the Squid anti-submarine mortar salvos of six depth bombs each.
• On 18 June 1941, " Wivern " once again was assigned to convoy escort duty at Freetown along with " Vansittart " and " Wild Swan ", and the three destroyers steamed there that month to report for duty.
• The naval architect Edward James Reed wrote : " the turret-ship'Wivern', belonging to the Royal Navy, has a low free-board ( about 4 feet ), and is very lightly armoured, while her armament is also very light.
• Flores toured throughout England and France with the first unofficial U . S . national team in 1986, known as WIVERN . The U . S . Women's National Team made its first official international appearance at the Can-Am Rugby Tournament in 1987.
• On 12 May, " Wivern ", " Wild Swan ", and the escort destroyers and escorted the heavy cruiser, which was undergoing a refit, and was moved from Portsmouth to Rosyth, Scotland, to avoid German air raids.
• After Operation Rival, " Wivern " was transferred to Western Approaches Command with " Wild Swan ", the destroyer leader, and the destroyer to serve in the 5th Escort Group, based at Liverpool, for convoy escort work in the North Atlantic Ocean.
• As the threat of a German invasion of the United Kingdom grew, her duties included anti-invasion patrols, and on 3 August 1940 " Wivern ", " Wild Swan ", the light cruiser, the destroyers and, and the patrol vessels,, and patrolled together.
• The destroyer claimed a share of the kill after depth-charging an oil slick to the south under the assumption that it was oil from " U-714 ", which " Wivern " s crew believed had been only been damaged by " Natal " and was attempting to escape.