Qualla: HMS Wolverine (1910) https://qualla.com/hms-wolverine-1910 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: HMS Wolverine (1910) https://qualla.com/hms-wolverine-1910 HMS Wolverine (1910): Introduction https://qualla.com/hms-wolverine-1910/ She had crossed half the world and back. Built on the Mersey in 1910, the destroyer Wolverine had patrolled the Gulf of Smyrna, swept Turkish mines under fire at Gallipoli, ferried Cretan raiding parties along the Anatolian coast. None of it killed her. What killed her, on the night of 12 December 1917, was a course change ordered too early by a friendly ship. The sloop Rosemary swung into Wolverine's path off the northwest coast of Ireland, struck her amidships, and rolled the destroyer over into the dark Atlantic. Two of her crew went with her.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/c/c/hms-wolverine-1910-wp/gccc-hms-wolverine-1910-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full HMS Wolverine (1910): Built for Speed on the Mersey https://qualla.com/hms-wolverine-1910/ Cammell Laird laid down Wolverine at Birkenhead in April 1904 as one of three Beagle-class destroyers ordered under the 1908-1909 programme. The Royal Navy gave its builders a loose specification and let each yard interpret it. Laird produced a 266-foot ship with a 28-foot beam, ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/c/c/hms-wolverine-1910-wp/gccc-hms-wolverine-1910-built-for-speed-on-the-mersey.mp3 0:06 2 full HMS Wolverine (1910): The Chase That Never Was https://qualla.com/hms-wolverine-1910/ August 1914 found Wolverine in the squadron that nearly caught the German battlecruiser Goeben. Rear Admiral Ernest Troubridge deployed eight destroyers, including Wolverine, to help his armoured cruisers cut off Goeben and Breslau before they could escape to Austrian waters. The...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/c/c/hms-wolverine-1910-wp/gccc-hms-wolverine-1910-the-chase-that-never-was.mp3 0:06 3 full HMS Wolverine (1910): Sweeping Mines Under Fire https://qualla.com/hms-wolverine-1910/ The Dardanelles in spring 1915 was the worst job in the Royal Navy. Wolverine and her sisters towed sweep wires between them, dragging the narrows for mines while Turkish guns on the cliffs above tried to kill them. On 28 April, sweeping in pair with another destroyer, Wolverine ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/c/c/hms-wolverine-1910-wp/gccc-hms-wolverine-1910-sweeping-mines-under-fire.mp3 0:06 4 full HMS Wolverine (1910): The Cretan Raiders https://qualla.com/hms-wolverine-1910/ From March 1916, Wolverine ranged the Aegean - the Dodecanese, the Sporades, the Cyclades, the Turkish coast - carrying an unusual passenger. The classical scholar John Myres, an Oxford archaeologist turned naval intelligence officer, had organised irregular bands of Greek and Cr...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/c/c/hms-wolverine-1910-wp/gccc-hms-wolverine-1910-the-cretan-raiders.mp3 0:06 5 full HMS Wolverine (1910): The Rosemary https://qualla.com/hms-wolverine-1910/ In October 1917, the Admiralty recalled Wolverine to home waters. She joined the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla at Buncrana on Lough Swilly, escorting Atlantic convoys through the western approaches where German U-boats hunted hardest. On the night of 12 December, she steamed northwest o...

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