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spent most of 1938 at home other than one period in Spanish waters, where she was based out of Gibraltar. During her time at Portsmouth, the ship operated as a minelayer from 15 August to 4 October, before beginning a refit there on 21 November that lasted to 16 January 1939. Upon its completion,
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spotted Force Z at 02:20, reported their position, and fired five torpedoes, all of which missed. Based on this report the Japanese launched 11 reconnaissance aircraft before dawn to locate Force Z. Several hours later 86 bombers from the 22nd Air Flotilla based in
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on the night of 9/10 September. and did it again a week later without being detected. They then reverted to ordinary duties for the next several months, before beginning to lay defensive minefields off the English coast in November. On 12 December, the
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from 13 December to 5 January 1935. The ship was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet, together with most of the rest of her flotilla, beginning in September 1935, during the Abyssinian Crisis, and returned home in March 1936. Upon her arrival,
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in May–June 1940, but resumed minelaying afterwards. The ship was one of five British destroyers that inadvertently entered a German minefield off the Dutch coast a few months later, leading to the
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The ships of the 20th Flotilla resumed minelaying operations on 15 June, although most of these over the next several months were defensive in nature. On the evening of 31 August 1940,
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and was sent to Canada in July to begin a lengthy refit. The ship was only operational for a few months before the war ended in May 1945 and she returned to Canada shortly afterwards.
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bomber that had spotted the two damaged destroyers about 07:00 about 25 miles (40 km) east of his position. The MTBs reached the ships first, around 08:00, and evacuated all of
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struck a mine abreast 'B' gun, losing her entire bow up to the bridge. The detonation killed 4 officers and 54 ratings; one officer and 7 crewmen were later rescued by the Germans.
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rail and two throwers were fitted; 20 depth charges were originally carried, but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began. To compensate for the weight of her 60 Mark XIV
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was installed abreast 'A' gun and stowage for 60 depth charges provided; 'Y' gun and the 12-pounder had to be removed to compensate for their weight. By the end of the war, a
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decided to cancel the operation as the Japanese were now alerted. Force Z turned back during the evening, after having tried to deceive the Japanese that they were heading to
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for the next two months as tensions rose before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. She then spent the rest of the year at home, before patrolling Spanish waters in the
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then conducted minelaying trials for two months and was refitted again at Portsmouth between 9 August–2 October. Shortly afterwards, the ship had a fire in her forward
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clear of a wreck in Dunkirk harbour and transferred many of her evacuees aboard before she could repair her engines later that day. The following day,
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were the last ships to leave Dunkirk with troops on 4 June when the evacuation ended. She brought out 3,419 troops over the course of the operation.
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as they laid defensive minefield around Singapore. On 24 December, she laid 18 mines of her own to block Japanese access to the harbour of
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by the Japanese, Force Z put to sea in the late afternoon of 8 December in an attempt to intercept the invasion convoys. This consisted of
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on 10 May. This began an intensive series of minelaying sorties in Dutch waters during the rest of the month that saw three German
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from several Japanese cruisers spotted the British ships later that afternoon and shadowed them until dark. Admiral Sir
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sunk on 26 July. The minelaying, however, was interrupted at the end of the month by the need to evacuate the
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of the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean after her repairs were completed. She escorted the aircraft carrier
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had managed to raise steam again and steamed astern to minimise the pressure of the water on her shored-up
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that badly damaged her electrical cabling; she was repaired at Gibraltar from 24 October to 3 December.
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in July to begin a lengthy refit that lasted from 3 August to 16 February 1945. The ship spent March
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returned to Canada in June and was refitted in Halifax 11–19 July before she was transferred to the
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under the 1931 Naval Programme, for use as a destroyer that could quickly be converted for use as a
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s 4.7-inch guns, their ammunition, both sets of torpedo tubes, her Two-Speed Destroyer Sweep (TSDS)
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of 1936–1939, she spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by
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began to lay more defensive minefields in February 1940, often with the large auxiliary minelayers
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laid another minefield in the Heligoland Bight and were diverted on their return voyage to escort
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were launched carrying bombs or torpedoes. Once the British ships reached Kuantan around 07:50,
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intended to deter Japanese aggression. The trio departed Greenock on 25 October and arrived at
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blown off, incapacitating her for over a year of repairs. Two months after returning to duty,
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before beginning anti-submarine patrols in British waters until the end of the war in May.
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returned to Gibraltar for several months. After returning to the UK, the ship escorted the
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took her in tow, stern first, twenty minutes later. The tow cable, however, fouled one of
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AA gun in July 1940. In February–June 1943, she was converted into an escort destroyer. A
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on the night of 17–18 December and the two sisters then began a refit at Portsmouth.
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guns and the .50-calibre machine guns were replaced by a pair of Oerlikons. A split
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and then returned home in February 1943 to be converted into an escort destroyer.
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was sent to investigate the area, but there was nothing to find. The crew of a
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and correspondingly altered course so that he would arrive shortly after dawn.
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to slip her tow and allow one of the attending tugboats to take over the task.
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and ordered that the destroyers of the 5th DF were not to enter the minefield.
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had replaced the Type 271, and the Type 286 had been superseded by a Type 291.
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IWM Interview with Casper Swinley, who commanded HMS Express from 1935 to 1937
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in late 1941, in an unsuccessful attempt to deter Japanese aggression against
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in single mounts, designated 'A', 'B', 'X' and 'Y' from front to rear. For
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in early 1946 and was sold the following year. The ship became part of a
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in December and rescued their survivors after they were sunk by Japanese
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Canadian River-class destroyers converted from E and F-class destroyers
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C3 and assigned to the Mid-Ocean Escort Force for convoy duties in the
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was then assigned convoy escort duties in and around Singapore and the
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247,279, excluding government-furnished equipment like the armament.
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of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m). They were powered by two
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then took over the tow. The threat of aerial attack at 19:45 forced
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was transferred to Northern Ireland in preparation in May for the
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The Evacuation from Dunkirk: Operation Dynamo 26 May–4 June 1940
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struck another mine that badly damaged her bow. At about 23:20,
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s bow struck a mine and she came to a stop. Five minutes later
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and participated in sinking a German submarine in March 1944.
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Shores, Christopher; Cull, Brian & Izawa, Yasuho (1992).
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in British, Dutch and German waters. She participated in the
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that were intended to facilitate the complete occupation of
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The conversion was completed on 2 June; the following day,
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at 17:30 on 2 September 1940. The ship was under repair at
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on 10 September as her aircraft supported the landings at
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on 8 September, operating under the direct control of the
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23 March–4 May. The ship was then temporarily assigned to
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of the 5th DF complied until he received the report of a
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in June, but shortages of crewmen put paid to the idea.
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returned home in early 1943 to begin conversion into an
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after her bow was blown off by a mine, 1 September 1940
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departed Immingham to lay an offensive minefield off
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at the stern to ensure smooth delivery of her mines.
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was then sold to Capital Iron & Steel Metals of
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spent most of the first year of World War II laying
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Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 2138:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 472:upon completion, the ship was attached to the 3576:World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom 3177: 3151:List of destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy 2933: 2506: 2097:. Naval Staff Histories. London: Frank Cass. 2078:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. 468:in the early 1930s. Although assigned to the 8: 2308:The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 2907:List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy 690:. The turbines developed a total of 36,000 658:load and 1,940 long tons (1,970 t) at 3556:E and F-class destroyers of the Royal Navy 3184: 3170: 3162: 2940: 2926: 2918: 2700: 2532: 2513: 2499: 2491: 2306:MacPherson, Ken & Barrie, Ron (2002). 504:evacuation of Allied soldiers from Dunkirk 2462:B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk 2247:The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940 1294:s crew. Mountbatten's destroyers spotted 1071:, in the Heligoland Bight, that sank the 773:had her rear torpedo tubes replaced by a 574:American-British-Dutch-Australian Command 318:12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep) 1918:Admiralty Historical Section, pp. 59, 83 30:For other ships with the same name, see 2381:. Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Books. 1740: 1681:on 10 January 1946 and struck from the 863:on 2 November 1934, at a total cost of 758:had to be removed. She was given small 556:in an attempt to intercept landings in 417:0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns 2949:Canadian River-class destroyers (1931) 2207:The Battle for Norway: April–June 1940 1398:Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse 42: 2464:. Gravesend, UK: World Ship Society. 2155:"Chapter 14: South–West Pacific Area" 2093:Admiralty Historical Section (2000). 2043: 2041: 2008:Middlebrook & Mahoney, pp. 105–06 1972:Middlebrook & Mahoney, pp. 32, 47 1344:was ordered to escort the battleship 162: 66: 7: 2419:Sea Battles in Close-Up: World War 2 2310:. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell. 2017:Shores, Cull & Izawa, pp. 116–23 1999:Shores, Cull & Izawa, pp. 113–14 1100:was damaged in a collision with the 1014:and the newly converted destroyers, 1637:on 6 March 1944. Two months later, 1421:After receiving the reports of the 1078:in March, and later the submarines 841:Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson 715:4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX guns 310:33 ft 3 in (10.13 m) 158:Transferred to Canada, 15 June 1943 2116:. Kendal, UK: World Ship Society. 723:Vickers 0.5 in (12.7 mm) 588:. The ship played a minor role in 552:in the Far East. She escorted the 261:General characteristics (as built) 25: 3596:Maritime incidents in August 1940 1697:was used to form a breakwater at 1261:(MTB) to go to the assistance of 814:20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon 3531: 3526: 3514: 3506: 2841: 2789: 2705: 2661: 2621: 2537: 1519:moved in to rescue survivors of 1311:s propellers and had to be cut. 1010:; the other ships assigned were 754:, and her large boats and their 702:that gave them a range of 6,350 686:, using steam provided by three 164: 68: 46: 3586:Canadian River-class destroyers 2338:: The End of the Battleship Era 2328:& Mahoney, Patrick (2004). 1614:and commissioned with the name 1437:, escorted by four destroyers, 1417:(lower right), 10 December 1941 1136:Germans invaded the Netherlands 492:on both sides of the conflict. 367:(65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph) 1659:Anti-Submarine Training School 1257:The Admiralty dispatched nine 1134:the following night after the 1130:as she mined Dutch waters off 666:of 329 feet (100.3 m), a 200:15 June 1943 (given to Canada) 1: 3581:Cold War destroyers of Canada 3566:Ships built on the River Tyne 1891:English, p. 74; Smith, p. 131 1673:. The ship was paid off into 1154:towed the disabled destroyer 859:on 29 May 1934. The ship was 2445:. London: Cassell & Co. 2181:"Chapter 15: ABDA and ANZAC" 688:Admiralty three-drum boilers 2460:Winser, John de D. (1999). 1144:British Expeditionary Force 801:. The ship also received a 781:short-range surface search 299:329 ft (100.3 m) 3617: 3561:Ships built by Swan Hunter 2268:The Ghost Ships of Royston 1720:49.6539611°N 124.9482611°W 1691:Victoria, British Columbia 1395: 1114:On the night of 9/10 May, 904:Non-Intervention Committee 29: 3601:Ships sunk as breakwaters 3501: 3146: 2902: 2882: 2522:E- and F-class destroyers 1954:Smith, pp. 155–56, 159–64 1699:Royston, British Columbia 1630:, she helped to sink the 1527:rescued survivors of the 1384:as did the battlecruiser 508:sinking of two destroyers 260: 61: 45: 27:E-class british destroyer 2415:Stephen, Martin (1988). 2377:Smith, Peter C. (2005). 2340:. Barnsley: Leo Cooper. 2243:Haarr, Geirr H. (2009). 2224:Haarr, Geirr H. (2013). 2205:Haarr, Geirr H. (2010). 2179:Gill, G. Hermon (1957). 2153:Gill, G. Hermon (1957). 1725:49.6539611; -124.9482611 1538:escorted the minelayers 1485:Japanese submarine  1459:Japanese submarine  1406:The crew of the sinking 740:and their rails, two of 578:as the Japanese advanced 330:Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2072:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 1641:was transferred to the 1562:was transferred to the 1223:, the closest ships to 1000:20th Destroyer Flotilla 906:. After a brief refit, 851:when required. She was 832:Construction and career 775:12-pounder (76 mm) 713:The ships mounted four 434:, 1 rack and 2 throwers 352:2 × shafts; 2 × geared 2112:English, John (1993). 1945:Smith, pp. 152–58, 165 1632:German submarine  1423:attack on Pearl Harbor 1418: 1333:until 4 October 1941. 1184: 1073:German submarine  929:Albert François Lebrun 879:5th Destroyer Flotilla 806:radio direction finder 795:director-control tower 616:Mid-Ocean Escort Force 476:in 1935–36 during the 1882:Haarr 2013, pp. 27–76 1451:, and the Australian 1405: 1380:joined them from the 1179: 1067:in laying mines near 877:were assigned to the 766:Wartime modifications 730:21-inch (533 mm) 572:under the control of 3238:Mohamed Ali El-Kebir 2266:James, Rick (2004), 1580:was assigned to the 1165:Frederic Wake-Walker 945:Reserve Fleet Review 624:Invasion of Normandy 590:Battle of Madagascar 411:4.7 in (120 mm) guns 2797:Royal Canadian Navy 2669:Royal Hellenic Navy 2629:Royal Canadian Navy 2330:The Sinking of the 2326:Middlebrook, Martin 1990:Stephen, pp. 107–08 1837:Smith, pp. 125, 127 1716: /  1626:. While protecting 1612:Royal Canadian Navy 1551:Willem van der Zaan 1382:Mediterranean Fleet 1325:finally arrived at 1259:motor torpedo boats 943:was present at the 925:President of France 892:Portsmouth Dockyard 855:24 March 1932, and 682:, each driving one 662:. The ships had an 608:Royal Canadian Navy 592:as she screened an 550:British possessions 474:Mediterranean Fleet 18:HMCS Gatineau (H61) 1927:Winser, pp. 33, 85 1810:English, pp. 73–74 1801:English, pp. 63–64 1610:was loaned to the 1427:landings in Malaya 1419: 1298:around 08:40, and 1185: 975:Commander-in-chief 959:joined her sister 935:and anti-aircraft 883:Sheerness Dockyard 808:mounted on a pole 610:(RCN) and renamed 394:processing systems 3543: 3542: 3159: 3158: 2915: 2914: 2878: 2877: 2805: 2692: 2691: 2637: 2347:978-1-84415-075-5 2258:978-1-59114-310-9 2235:978-1-59114-331-4 2216:978-1-59114-051-1 2145:978-1-59114-081-8 2085:978-1-86176-281-8 2026:Smith, pp. 190–91 1936:Smith, pp. 146–48 1900:Smith, pp. 142–46 1864:Smith, pp. 131–33 1819:Smith, pp. 124–25 1685:on 1 April 1947. 1643:11th Escort Group 1278:Louis Mountbatten 1128:Princess Victoria 1044:Princess Victoria 785:was fitted and a 570:Dutch East Indies 482:Spanish Civil War 446: 445: 270:E-class destroyer 16:(Redirected from 3608: 3535: 3530: 3518: 3510: 3494: 3477: 3467: 3457: 3447: 3420: 3410: 3393: 3383: 3373: 3362: 3352: 3334: 3323: 3313: 3303: 3293: 3283: 3273: 3263: 3241: 3231: 3221: 3186: 3179: 3172: 3163: 2942: 2935: 2928: 2919: 2847: 2845: 2844: 2800: 2795: 2793: 2792: 2711: 2709: 2708: 2701: 2667: 2665: 2664: 2632: 2627: 2625: 2624: 2543: 2541: 2540: 2533: 2515: 2508: 2501: 2492: 2475: 2456: 2434: 2422: 2411: 2392: 2373: 2351: 2321: 2302: 2280: 2262: 2250: 2239: 2220: 2201: 2185: 2175: 2159: 2149: 2132:Friedman, Norman 2127: 2108: 2089: 2057: 2054: 2048: 2045: 2036: 2033: 2027: 2024: 2018: 2015: 2009: 2006: 2000: 1997: 1991: 1988: 1982: 1979: 1973: 1970: 1964: 1961: 1955: 1952: 1946: 1943: 1937: 1934: 1928: 1925: 1919: 1916: 1910: 1907: 1901: 1898: 1892: 1889: 1883: 1880: 1874: 1871: 1865: 1862: 1856: 1853: 1847: 1844: 1838: 1835: 1829: 1826: 1820: 1817: 1811: 1808: 1802: 1799: 1793: 1792:Colledge, p. 120 1790: 1784: 1781: 1775: 1774:Friedman, p. 218 1772: 1766: 1763: 1757: 1754: 1748: 1745: 1731: 1730: 1728: 1727: 1726: 1721: 1717: 1714: 1713: 1712: 1709: 1602:Canadian service 1548:, and the Dutch 1483:The crew of the 1352:with her sister 1331:Chatham Dockyard 1310: 1293: 1233: 991:Heligoland Bight 890:was refitted at 793:, replacing the 746: 692:shaft horsepower 640:British Columbia 638:on the coast of 604:escort destroyer 594:aircraft carrier 478:Abyssinia Crisis 236:Atlantic 1943–44 172: 169: 168: 167: 76: 73: 72: 71: 50: 43: 21: 3616: 3615: 3611: 3610: 3609: 3607: 3606: 3605: 3546: 3545: 3544: 3539: 3522: 3497: 3480: 3470: 3460: 3454:Von der Groeben 3450: 3434: 3428:Other incidents 3423: 3413: 3396: 3386: 3376: 3370:Dunvegan Castle 3365: 3355: 3337: 3326: 3316: 3306: 3296: 3286: 3276: 3266: 3254:Empire Crusader 3244: 3234: 3224: 3206: 3193: 3190: 3160: 3155: 3142: 3122: 3101: 3074: 3054: 3027: 2978: 2951: 2946: 2916: 2911: 2898: 2874: 2842: 2840: 2835: 2799: 2790: 2788: 2783: 2706: 2704: 2688: 2662: 2660: 2655: 2631: 2622: 2620: 2615: 2538: 2536: 2524: 2519: 2482: 2472: 2459: 2453: 2437: 2431: 2414: 2408: 2398:Bloody Shambles 2395: 2389: 2376: 2370: 2354: 2348: 2332:Prince of Wales 2324: 2318: 2305: 2299: 2283: 2278: 2265: 2259: 2242: 2236: 2223: 2217: 2204: 2183: 2178: 2157: 2152: 2146: 2130: 2124: 2111: 2105: 2092: 2086: 2070:Colledge, J. 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On 29 May, 1149: 1145: 1141: 1137: 1133: 1129: 1125: 1121: 1117: 1112: 1110: 1109:Kinnaird Head 1106: 1103: 1099: 1095: 1094: 1089: 1088: 1083: 1082: 1077: 1076: 1070: 1066: 1065: 1059: 1058: 1052: 1051: 1046: 1045: 1040: 1036: 1032: 1030: 1026: 1025: 1020: 1019: 1013: 1009: 1005: 1001: 997: 992: 988: 984: 980: 976: 972: 968: 964: 963: 958: 950: 948: 947:on 5 August. 946: 942: 938: 937:training ship 934: 930: 926: 922: 917: 913: 909: 905: 901: 900:Mediterranean 897: 893: 889: 884: 880: 876: 872: 868: 866: 862: 858: 854: 850: 846: 842: 838: 831: 829: 827: 823: 822:spigot mortar 819: 815: 811: 807: 804: 800: 796: 792: 788: 784: 780: 776: 772: 765: 763: 761: 757: 753: 750: 743: 739: 735: 731: 727: 726:AA machinegun 724: 720: 719:anti-aircraft 716: 711: 709: 705: 701: 697: 693: 689: 685: 681: 677: 673: 669: 665: 661: 657: 653: 645: 643: 641: 637: 633: 629: 625: 621: 617: 613: 609: 605: 601: 597: 595: 591: 587: 583: 582:Eastern Fleet 579: 575: 571: 567: 563: 559: 555: 554:capital ships 551: 547: 543: 539: 538: 534: 533:battlecruiser 530: 529: 525: 522:escorted the 521: 517: 513: 509: 505: 501: 497: 493: 491: 487: 483: 480:. 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Index

HMCS Gatineau (H61)
HMS Express
HMCS Gatineau

Swan Hunter
Tyne and Wear
Pennant number
Gatineau River
Scuttled
breakwater
E-class destroyer
long tons
t
standard
o/a
Admiralty 3-drum boilers
shp
kW
steam turbines
knots
nmi
ASDIC
4.7 in (120 mm) guns
0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
21 in (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
depth charges
mines
E-class
minelaying

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