HMS Vervain was a of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War.
In March 1942, the ship was adopted by the village of Queensbury in West Yorkshire.[1]
On 28 February 1943 the Liberty ship SS Wade Hampton was torpedoed by while sailing in a convoy from New York to Murmansk, Russia. Survivors were picked up by Vervain and HMS Beverley near Greenland.[2]
On 20 February 1945 at 11.45 hours Vervain was escorting a homeward-bound convoy when she was sunk by a torpedo from a U-boat, under Oberleutnant zur See Karl-Heinz Wendt, about 25 miles south-east of Dungarvan, Ireland, south of Waterford. Vervain sank after 20 minutes. The commander, three officers and 56 ratings were lost. Three officers and 30 ratings were rescued.[3] In turn the U-boat, U-1276 was sunk with depth charges by . The action resulted in the loss of all 49 of the U-boat's crew.
HMS Vervain is a Designated vessel under schedule 1 of The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2012.[4]