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HMS Decoy (H75)

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between 3 November and 12 April 1943. Her armament was modified to accommodate additional depth charges by removing 'Y' gun and her light AA armament was increased by the addition of six 20-millimetre (0.79 in)
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After temporary repairs were made, she was sent to Malta for permanent repairs which lasted until 1 February 1941, after she was further damaged on 19 January. On 25 February, she participated in
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was damaged in a collision the following month and was under repair at Malta from 20 December to 8 February 1942. After returning to Alexandria, she was transferred to the Eastern Fleet in the
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and arrived there in January 1935. She was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in the Red Sea from September 1935 to May 1936 during the Abyssinian Crisis and made port visits in
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was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet and assigned to contraband control duties. In December the ship began an extensive refit to repair corrosion problems, fix her
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of the Mediterranean Fleet, which provided distant cover for the passage of Convoy MW3 from Egypt to Malta and Convoy ME3 from Malta as part of
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troops from Greece in April, and assisted in the evacuation of troops from Crete to Egypt after the Germans invaded Crete on 22 May (
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was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy during the refit on 1 March and was recommissioned on 12 April with the new name of HMCS
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attacked in March–April 1942. The ship remained with the Eastern Fleet until she was ordered home to refit in September. En route,
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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.
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rejoined the group upon completion of the refit. The ship was reassigned to the 11th Escort Group in May 1944 in preparation for
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the following month. She remained there until September when she was ordered to return to Britain. The ship was refitted as an
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She spent most of the rest of the year escorting convoys to Tobruk. On 25 November, she was escorting the battleship
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for convoy escort duties in 1940 before returning to the Mediterranean. The ship participated in the Battles of
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O'Hara, Vincent (2008). "The Action off Calabria and the Myth of Moral Ascendancy". In Jordan, John (ed.).
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without significant damage and escorted ships of the Mediterranean Fleet for most of the rest of the year.
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from 27 to 30 June 1940 as part of Operation MA3 in support of British convoys from the Greek ports to
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required further repairs and fumigation in April–May after her return. In August 1938 she sailed for
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in the North Atlantic. She remained with the escort group until October when she began a refit in
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surface-search radar were probably also fitted at this time, but 1944 this had been replaced by a
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until the rise in tensions before World War II began prompted her recall in August 1939.
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to interfere with Allied supply lines to the Continent. After the end of the war in May,
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Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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was ordered on 2 February 1931 under the 1930 Naval Estimates, and was laid down at
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and resumed anti-submarine patrols in the Channel in April after working up. After
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was transferred back to British coastal waters in May to protect the build up for
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in single mounts, designated 'A', 'B', 'X', and 'Y' from front to rear. For
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was extensively refitted between 2 October 1944 and 27 February 1945 at
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Canadian River-class destroyers converted from C and D-class destroyers
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R.Smg. Argonauta, by Admiral (ret) Attilio Duilio Ranieri, Italian Navy
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participated, together with the same squadron, in the sinking of the
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returned to the Mediterranean Fleet in May and was assigned to the
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served as a troop transport in Canadian waters. She was placed in
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in April–May 1941. She began escorting supply convoys in June to
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was transferred back to the Mediterranean Fleet just before the
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of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m). She was powered by
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was depth charged and sunk around 1450 hours that same day by
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sailors watching the explosions of Hedgehog charges fired at
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system. Before the war's end this was supplemented when her
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in September–October 1933. New torpedo tubes were fitted at
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between 3 September and 20 October 1934 for service on the
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in April to protect against any last-gasp efforts by the
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in the Mediterranean and made a brief deployment to the
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The damage to the deck from the bomb', 15 November 1940
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where she escorted the slow ships of Force B when the
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began in September 1939. She briefly was assigned to
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She was fitted with two above-water quadruple 652:(27,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36 1193:on 29 October, her first visit home since 1934. 1189:briefly operated from Freetown, but arrived at 499:. Ordered in 1931, the ship was constructed by 1938:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 1881:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 2659:World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom 2618:List of destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy 2400: 2025: 1843:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. 881:and three British cruisers as they bombarded 8: 1430:, 30 cwt referring to the weight of the gun. 1398:, she was used as a troop transport between 1156:and his entourage and sailed to Alexandria. 620:displaced 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) at 565:was transferred to the Eastern Fleet in the 2374:List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy 624:load and 1,890 long tons (1,920 t) at 453:QF .5 in (12.7 mm) Vickers Mk III 2407: 2393: 2385: 2206: 2051: 2032: 2018: 2010: 964:was probably sunk near Cape Ras el Hilal, 940:. The squadron patrolled the area between 698:, and two quadruple Mark I mounts for the 309:1,375 long tons (1,397 t) (standard) 30:For other ships with the same name, see 2005:Italian Submarines Lost in World War II 1862:. 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917: 916: 911: 910: 905: 901: 900: 895: 894: 888: 884: 880: 879: 872: 870: 866: 862: 858: 857: 853: 849: 845: 841: 837: 833: 829: 825: 821: 813: 811: 809: 805: 801: 797: 793: 789: 785: 781: 777: 776:China Station 773: 768: 766: 762: 758: 754: 750: 746: 742: 738: 731: 727: 720: 718: 716: 712: 708: 704: 701: 697: 693: 690:had a single 689: 685: 684:anti-aircraft 681: 678: 673: 671: 667: 663: 659: 655: 651: 647: 643: 639: 635: 631: 627: 623: 619: 612: 610: 608: 604: 600: 596: 592: 588: 584: 580: 576: 572: 568: 564: 560: 556: 552: 548: 544: 540: 538: 534: 530: 526: 522: 518: 514: 513:China Station 510: 506: 502: 498: 494: 491: 487: 486: 473: 472:depth charges 469: 467: 466:torpedo tubes 464: 460: 458: 454: 450: 447: 446:anti-aircraft 444: 440: 438: 434: 433: 432: 429: 428: 425: 422: 417: 416: 412: 409: 408: 404: 400: 397: 396: 392: 388: 385: 384: 379: 375: 373: 369: 365: 362: 361: 360: 357: 356: 352: 348: 345: 344: 340: 337: 336: 332: 329: 328: 325: 321: 318: 317: 311: 308: 307: 306: 303: 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2489:St. Laurent 2482:Restigouche 2460:Assiniboine 2309:River class 2172:Restigouche 2160:St. Laurent 2136:Assiniboine 2126:River class 1800: / 1651: / 1603: / 1537: / 1404:Quebec City 1372:La Rochelle 1238:rangefinder 1131:Kastelorizo 865:Middle East 861:Convoy US-2 743:'s yard at 709:mounts for 703:machine gun 613:Description 533:West Africa 401:5,870  268:Biscay 1944 255:Honours and 168:Greece 1941 155:Honours and 123:7 June 1932 106:Southampton 2649:1932 ships 2633:Categories 2556:Qu'Appelle 2219:Royal Navy 2141:Kempenfelt 2073:Kempenfelt 2064:Royal Navy 1828:References 1806: ( 1657: ( 1609: ( 1543: ( 1262:working up 1240:above the 1020:bombarded 1015:HMAS  960:to Malta. 958:Alexandria 946:Aegean Sea 942:Alexandria 786:and other 497:Royal Navy 410:Complement 363:2 × shafts 358:Propulsion 171:Crete 1941 2604:Chaudière 1668:Uboat.net 1620:Uboat.net 1554:Uboat.net 1438:Footnotes 1357:Chaudière 1346:south of 1292:Sandanger 1161:HMS  1022:Scarpanto 1008:HMS  970:Argonauta 962:Argonauta 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Index

HMS Decoy (H75) (later HMCS Kootenay)
HMS Decoy
HMCS Kootenay

John I. Thornycroft & Company
Southampton
RCN
D-class
destroyer
o/a
shp
Parsons
steam turbines
boilers
knots
nmi
ASDIC
4.7-inch Mk IX guns
QF 3-inch 20 cwt
anti-aircraft
QF .5 in (12.7 mm) Vickers Mk III
machine guns
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
depth charges
D-class
destroyer
Royal Navy
John I. Thornycroft & Company
Mediterranean Fleet

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