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HMS Cotswold (L54)

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She earned battle honours during the Second World War for the North Sea 1941–1945, where she spent the majority of her service. During 1942 she struck a mine off Ordfordness, and was subsequently repaired in HM Dockyard, Chatham. In June 1944 she formed part of the Naval escort force in support of
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was ordered on 11 April 1939 under the 1939 War Emergency Build Programme as job number 1836. She was completed in November 1940. She was adopted by the civil community of North Cotswold Urban District in Gloucestershire as part of
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She also undertook local fundraising for the war effort, taking a leading role in 'Warship Week' in which money was collected for HMS Cotswold, a Royal Navy destroyer which was adopted by the North Cotswold District
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The Hunts: A history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II
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On a Field per fess wavy Green and Red, in front of two hunting horns in Saltire Gold, a mitre White embellished Red
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at Portsmouth in June 1946, transferring to Harwich in 1958. She remained there until sold to
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Logan, Anne (8 August 2019). "Spurgin (née Skurray), (Frances) Clare (1897–1986)".
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for scrap. She arrived at the breakers yard at Grays, Essex on 1 September 1957.
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1,000 nmi (1,850 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h)
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Index

HMS Cotswold

Yarrow Shipbuilders
Pennant number
Type I Hunt-class
destroyer
o/a
Parsons
geared turbines
knots
nmi
QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns
QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk. VIII AA guns
20 mm Oerlikon AA guns
depth charges
Hunt-class
destroyer
Royal Navy
World War II
Warship Week
Clare Spurgin
Reserve Fleet
Thos. W. Ward
"HMS Cotswold (L 54) – Type I, Hunt-class Escort Destroyer"
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/369121
UK public library membership
ISBN
0-9506323-9-2

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