From Wikipedia.
In my War of 1812 blog, I have been writing about the HMS Hussar which was sunk in 1780, but two of its cannons mark the site of Fort Clinton in New York City's Central Park. I also looked at the names of other HMS Hussars and found this one, whose end is of interest.
The HMS Hussar was a Royal Navy minesweeper of the Halcyon-class. Commissioned 16 January 1935, it was 245 feet long with a 33.5 foot beam and crew of 80.
It was sunk by RAF Hawker Typhoons on 27 August 1944 when it was mistakenly identified as a German ship.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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