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Originally Posted by iambecomelife
Still, there were lots of incidents where casualties were very heavy (most or nearly all of the crew):
-HMS Somali
-HMS Cossack
-USS Reuben James
-USS Jacob Jones
-HMS Lapwing
-HMS Bluebell
And that's off the top of my head. Come to think of it, researching casualty rates for Allied escorts would be an interesting project.
Fire away.
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Yes, it was a dangerous job. I served on a destroyer myself, and even a grease fire in the steering room was cause for alarm.
Research would indeed be good, because that list is short (I realize it was, as you said, off the top of your head. How many total sank with high loss of life, vs how many sank total? I admit I don't know.