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1167:. While engaged in this duty off Northern Ireland on 20 September, she fired her Hedgehog at a submarine contact, but one of its projectiles prematurely exploded, killing fifteen ratings, and wounding ten others, one mortally, in addition to destroying 'B' gun, the Hedgehog and heavily damaging the bridge and
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She trialled the Squid anti-submarine mortar while serving with the 8th Escort Group in the last months of the war, and escorted
Norwegian personnel to their home country in May 1945. The destroyer briefly served with the Anti-Submarine Training Flotilla, and was approved for scrapping on 18 February
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Mediterranean Fleet, together with most of the rest of her flotilla, beginning in September 1935. Her deployment was a result of the Abyssinian Crisis, after which she returned home with the rest of her sisters in March 1936. The
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472:, then went into another refit in mid-1942 before returning to the Atlantic from late 1942 to early 1943. After a refit, she returned to duty in the Atlantic later that year, but was sidelined for more than a year when a projectile from her
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339:Sensors and
279:36,000
224:Displacement
152:
69:
30:
18:
1883:River class
1715:River class
1192:Grangemouth
1070:in May 1943
988:Arkhangelsk
900:Scharnhorst
810:Southampton
712:West Indies
627:rangefinder
484:Description
356:4 × single
322:6,350
170:Norway 1940
160:Honours and
155:("Swiftly")
2008:1934 ships
2002:Categories
1893:Qu'Appelle
1793:Royal Navy
1625:Royal Navy
1198:References
1169:wheelhouse
1165:working up
1141:Damage to
1055:back from
951:Victorious
927:Home Fleet
919:River Tyne
797:Scapa Flow
558:complement
408:Home Fleet
404:Royal Navy
331:Complement
296:Propulsion
1837:Foresight
1823:Firedrake
1758:Navarinon
1669:Encounter
1095:Liverpool
1049:scuttling
1012:Immingham
949:HMS
906:Gneisenau
879:1941–1947
843:Gibraltar
834:Ark Royal
745:Devonport
717:Encounter
680:laid down
506:deep load
480:in 1947.
459:hunt for
447:Gibraltar
400:destroyer
238:deep load
189:Sold for
153:Celeriter
122:Completed
106:Laid down
1898:Foxhound
1881:Part of
1858:Foxhound
1830:Forester
1809:Fearless
1802:Faulknor
1725:Gatineau
1713:Part of
1641:Escapade
1565:Escapade
1173:Escapade
1157:Escapade
1143:Escapade
1130:May 1943
1110:Escapade
1068:Escapade
1057:Kola Bay
1045:Murmansk
1040:Trinidad
1024:Escapade
980:Escapade
968:Kirkenes
915:Escapade
885:Escapade
851:Escapade
837:to join
805:Escapade
786:Escapade
781:Escapade
770:Navasota
760:Escapade
731:Escapade
722:Portland
702:and her
700:Escapade
688:launched
684:Greenock
672:Escapade
657:mainmast
635:Hedgehog
615:Type 271
607:Type 286
599:Escapade
550:fuel oil
546:Escapade
502:standard
457:and the
424:Escapade
392:Escapade
351:Armament
231:standard
114:Launched
101:£249,987
92:Greenock
70:Escapade
37:and the
31:Escapade
1974:G class
1968:D class
1944:Sanchez
1910:Fortune
1844:Fortune
1777:F class
1730:Express
1690:Express
1683:Eclipse
1648:Electra
1634:Exmouth
1609:E class
1153:Cardiff
1120:of the
1101:Furious
990:in the
964:Finland
960:Petsamo
956:Furious
940:to the
925:of the
839:Force H
825:Harstad
821:landing
816:Electra
764:U-boats
741:Eclipse
736:Eclipse
562:ratings
524:geared
522:Parsons
518:draught
498:D class
449:and in
397:E-class
395:was an
266:Draught
203:saltant
84:Builder
76:Ordered
47:History
41:mounts.
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1676:Escort
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1183:Tartar
1114:Thames
1020:Methil
972:Norway
966:, and
894:Nelson
860:Barham
619:bridge
428:convoy
247:Length
162:awards
1086:Argus
1076:Malta
1043:from
1032:PQ 15
1018:into
974:, in
871:from
869:Dakar
650:HF/DF
646:Squid
611:radar
542:knots
478:scrap
470:Malta
377:20 ×
345:ASDIC
319:Range
312:knots
310:35.5
307:Speed
198:Badge
191:scrap
149:Motto
144:: H17
39:Squid
1949:Fame
1947:(ex-
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1896:(ex-
1851:Fury
1816:Fame
1763:Echo
1761:(ex-
1728:(ex-
1655:Echo
1543:ISBN
1524:ISBN
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1444:ISBN
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1387:ISBN
1181:HMS
1099:HMS
1084:HMS
1030:and
1016:Lind
1008:QP 4
1006:and
1004:PQ 6
954:and
931:HMS
903:and
776:U-63
720:off
659:. A
625:and
514:beam
390:HMS
286:3 ×
258:Beam
186:Fate
98:Cost
66:Name
1662:Esk
1078:in
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863:in
841:at
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334:145
324:nmi
281:shp
252:o/a
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