HMS Galatea (71)

HMS Galatea
light cruiser (en) da shipwreck (en)
Bayanai
Vessel class (en)	Arethusa-class light cruiser (en)
Name (en)	HMS Galatea
Participant in (en)	Flight of the Norwegian National Treasury (en)
Rikici	Norwegian Campaign (en) da Last battle of the battleship Bismarck (en)
Ƙasa da aka fara	Birtaniya
Gagarumin taron	ship commissioning (en) , ship launching (en) da keel laying (en)
Ma'aikaci	Royal Navy (mul)
Manufacturer (en)	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (en)
Service entry (en)	14 ga Augusta, 1935
Pennant number (en)	71
Wuri
31°17′N 29°13′E

HMS Galatea jirgin ruwa ne mai sauƙi na Arethusa na Royal Navy . Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) ce ta gina ta, tare da kafa keel a ranar 2 ga Yuni 1933. An kaddamar da ita a ranar 9 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1934, kuma an ba da umurni a ranar 14 ga watan Agusta shekara ta 1935.

Tarihi

Galatea ta shiga rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Bahar Rum a kan kwamishinan kuma ban da lokacin daga Maris zuwa Satumba 1938 ta yi aiki a matsayin flagship, Rear Admiral (Destroyers). An kafa ta ne a Malta, a lokacin barkewar yakin basasar Spain ta kasance mai aiki a cikin sintiri na hadin gwiwa da ke aiwatar da manufofin da ba sa shiga tsakani ba, lokaci-lokaci a cikin hadin gwiwa tare da jirgin ruwa na Jamus Deutschland da masu hallaka Italiya. Daga baya aka tura ta a Iskandariya, ta kasance a faɗake yayin mamayar Italiya ta Abissynia . A farkon zuwa tsakiyar 1938 jirgin yana cikin gyare-gyare a Devonport. An sake tura ta zuwa Bahar Rum, an tura ta a Malta da Alexandria. A ranar 29 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 1939 a Gandia Galatea ta dauki shugaban kwamitin tsaron kasa Segismundo Casado da magoya bayansa; washegari ta tashi kuma a ranar 31 ga watan Maris aka tura Casado zuwa jirgin asibitin Maine.

Bayan barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu an umarce ta gida, kuma tsakanin Fabrairu da Maris 1940 ta shiga cikin ayyukan don tsayar da 'yan kasuwa na Axis da ke ƙoƙarin tserewa daga Vigo. A ranar 4 ga Afrilu 1940, masu hallaka Poland Burza, Grom da Błyskawica sun isa sabon gidan su na Rosyth. Da rana sun bar tashar jiragen ruwa tare da Galatea, 'yar uwarta Arethusa da masu hallaka uku. An umarce su da su gudanar da sintiri a Tekun Arewa kuma daga baya aka umarce su su da su tsayar da kungiyoyin mamaye Jamus da ke kan hanyar zuwa Norway. A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1940 ta shiga cikin Yakin Norway, ta bar ranar 25 ga Afrilu tana jigilar wani ɓangare na Baitulmalin Kasa na Norway zuwa Burtaniya, kuma a watan Mayu ta shiga Nore Command a matsayin Flagship na 2nd Cruiser Squadron. Da ta isa Åndalsnes a ƙarshen watan Afrilu tare da sojoji don yakin Norwegian ta koma Rosyth tare da akwatuna 200 na zinariya, auna kilo 40 (88 kowannensu, daga asusun ajiyar ƙasar Norway.

A watan Yunin 1940 ta shiga cikin Operation Aerial evacuation na sojoji daga Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Faransa, ciki har da Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell, Jakadan Burtaniya a Faransa. A ranar 7 ga Satumba 1940 an ba da kalmar lambar "Cromwell" ma'ana cewa Jamusawa na iya sauka a Kent da asuba. A wannan dare an tura Galatea don yin sintiri a cikin Dover amma bai yi hulɗa da abokan gaba ba. Da asuba yayin da take komawa tashar Jirgin ruwa ta bugi wani ma'adinai na ruwa daga Sheerness kuma ta kwashe watanni uku a tashar jiragen kasa.

Ta kasance tare da Home Fleet (a karkashin gyare-gyare, tsakanin Oktoba 1940 zuwa Janairu 1941) har zuwa Mayu 1941, kuma ta shiga cikin farautar jirgin yakin Jamus Bismarck . A watan Yulin shekara ta 1941 ta shiga rundunar sojan ruwa ta Bahar Rum ta hanyar Bahar Maliya, kuma a watan Nuwamba ta kasance a Malta tare da Force "K", tana aiki da jigilar kayayyaki na Axis zuwa Arewacin Afirka.

Makomar

A ranar 15 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1941 kafin tsakar dare Galatea ta rushe kuma ta nutse ta jirgin ruwa na Jamus U-557 daga Alexandria, Misira tare da asarar ma'aikata 470. Kimanin mutane 100 da suka tsira sun karbi masu hallaka Griffin da Hotspur. Kasa da sa'o'i 48 bayan haka, jirgin ruwa na Italiya mai suna Orione ya buge U-557 kuma ya nutse da dukkan hannayensu.