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anti-aircraft gun was mounted in "B" position. Four 3-pounder saluting guns and eight machine guns completed the ship's gun armament. The ship could be fitted for minesweeping or minelaying (for which the aft 4.7 inch gun was removed) as well as escort duties. The ship had a crew of 103 officers and
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on 8 April, and soon managed to overwhelm the Greek and British Commonwealth forces, with the British deciding to evacuate mainland Greece on 21 April. The evacuation operation, known as
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s armament did not occur owing to pressures to keep the ship in service on East Coast convoys in 1939, along with a shortage of the gun mounts.
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guns were mounted fore and aft on the ship's centreline. As the 4.7 inch guns were low-angle guns, not suited to anti-aircraft use, a single
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in April 1940, and was then sent overseas, joining the Red Sea Escort Force at the end of May 1940, escorting convoys between
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remained on the China station until 1939, her regular duties being punctuated by periodic dockings at Hong Kong or
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transferred to the Mediterranean, carrying out convoy escort duties, including escorting troop convoys to Greece.
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underwent a more major refit at Singapore between February and July 1939, after which she was transferred to the
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Escort Force, and escorting convoys on the East coast of the United Kingdom, mainly between the
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was laid down on 23 January 1933, launched on 19 July that year and completed on 17 May 1934.
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was built in the 1930s, entering service in 1934. Serving most of her pre-war service at
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6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
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driving two shafts, fed by two Admiralty 3-drum boilers. This machinery produced 2,000
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in Eastern China on 10 January 1938, when the city was occupied by Japanese forces.
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that was eventually to number eight ships built for the Royal Navy, four for the
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Shores, Christopher; Massimello, Giovanni; Guest, Russell (2012).
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escort duties along the East coast of the Britain and in the
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of the Italian 239 Squadriglia attacked the convoy, sinking
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of 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m) at deep load.
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Index

HMS Grimsby

United Kingdom
Devonport Dockyard
Grimsby-class
sloop
o/a
water-tube boilers
Parsons
steam turbines
4.7 in (120 mm) Mark IX guns
QF 3 inch 20 cwt
3-pounder guns
sloop
Royal Navy
lead ship
her class
Hong Kong
convoy
Mediterranean Sea
Second World War
dive bombers
Tobruk
British Admiralty
Devonport Dockyard
Leith
Royal Australian Navy
Royal Indian Marine
Grimsby class
Shoreham class

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