defence and interception duties, on 2 February 1945 she was attached to the escort for Russian Convoy JW 64. After arriving at Kola Inlet she took part in anti-submarine operations against U-boats known to be gathering to carry out attacks on the return convoy. On 17 February, as Convoy RA 64 was assembling off Murmansk, Bluebell was hit in the stern by an acoustic homing torpedo fired by , which caused her depth charges to explode. She sank in less than 30 seconds at . From her crew of 86 ratings and officers there was only one survivor: Albert Holmes from Southampton. Citations References External links Clyde Warships database: HMS Bluebell. . Arnold Hague convoy database : HMS Bluebell 1940 ships Ships built on the River Clyde Flower-class corvettes of the Royal Navy Maritime incidents in February 1945 Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II Shipwrecks in the Barents Sea World War II shipwrecks in the Arctic Ocean Naval magazine explosions