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made two evacuation runs on 31 May and two more on 1 June, when she was damaged by near misses from German bombing attacks. On the night of 3/4 June 1940, a final effort was made by all available ships to evacuate as many as possible of the remaining troops (by that time mainly French) at
Dunkirk.
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s were intended as coastal escorts, suitable for replacing the old ships used for fishery protection and anti-submarine warfare training in peacetime, while being suitable for mass production in wartime.
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Flotilla, was fitted with an experimental depth-finding sonar. On 9 August 1939, the ship took part in a review of the Reserve Fleet at
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Admiralty 3-drum
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was damaged again by German bombing in
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History of World War Two
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fitted in a retracting dome. The ship had a crew of 60 officers and men.
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705:"III.—Local Defence and Training Establishments, Patrol Flotillas etc"
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continued in use as an experimental anti-submarine ship, based on the
679:"II.—Local Defence and Training Establishments, Patrol Flotillas etc"
298:, laid down in 1934 and commissioned in 1935. She took part in the
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as an experimental trials ship. She was sold for scrap in 1947.
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Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II
450:, Northern Ireland, with both ships sustaining slight damage,
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outside
Dunkirk harbour, tearing a hole in the sloop's bow.
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carried out a series of Sonar trials against the submarine
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or similar submarines. From December 1944 to April 1945,
1062:. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 2–85.
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British & Empire Warships of the Second World War
1121:The Royal Navy and Anti-Submarine Warfare, 1917–49
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951:British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day
924:British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day
897:British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day
861:British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day
778:British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day
748:British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day
351:of 26 feet 6 inches (8.08 m) and a
1060:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946
667:. Queensland, Australia. 8 March 1935. p. 2.
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343:and 243 feet 2 inches (74.12 m)
339:was 234 feet 0 inches (71.32 m)
1210:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
1103:(Second ed.). Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan.
947:"Royal Navy Ships, January 1942 (Part 3 of 4)"
920:"Royal Navy Ships, January 1941 (Part 1 of 2)"
73:Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
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355:of 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m).
774:"Naval Events, December 1939 (Part 1 of 2)"
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546:. She was sold for scrap on 21 April 1947.
322:on 15 December 1933, as the lead ship of a
1160:B.E.F. Ships before, at and after Dunkirk
893:"Naval Events, August 1940 (Part 1 of 2)"
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19:For other ships with the same name, see
1099:Lenton, H. T.; Colledge, J. J. (1973).
857:"Naval Events, June 1940 (Part 1 of 4)"
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525:was used for trials of an experimental
1141:Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945
27:
1162:. Gravesend, UK: World Ship Society.
1084:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
1043:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
162:243 ft 3 in (74.14 m)
44:
7:
253:QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark V gun
144:680 long tons (691 t) full load
141:510 long tons (518 t) standard
1188:. Kendal, UK: World Ship Society.
833:Rohwer and Hümmelchen 1992, p. 21.
175:26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
14:
1118:Llewellyn-Jones, Malcolm (2006).
1008:Lissaman, Vicky (8 August 1999).
998:Lenton and Colledge 1973, p. 215.
971:Llewellyn-Jones 2006, pp. 69–71.
464:, the evacuation of the trapped
405:shipyard on 1 June 1934 and was
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208:3,600 shp (2,685 kW)
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549:In 1999, John Cockerill, a
1158:Winser, John de S. (1999).
1143:. London: Greenhill Books.
1124:. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
744:"Naval Events, August 1939"
661:"Launching of Naval Vessel"
620:Friedman 2008, pp. 323–324.
466:British Expeditionary Force
373:QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk V gun
341:long between perpendiculars
228:(37 km/h; 23 mph)
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641:Friedman 2008, pp. 83–84.
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1039:Brown, David K. (2007).
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156:234 ft (71 m)
1257:Kingfisher-class sloops
533:anti-submarine mortar.
310:Construction and design
115:General characteristics
16:Sloop of the Royal Navy
1184:Hague, Arnold (1993).
1011:"Made in the Midlands"
989:Friedman 2008, p. 146.
980:Friedman 2008, p. 200.
799:White, Christopher J.
586:Friedman 2008, p. 339.
284:patrol vessel and the
183:6 ft (1.8 m)
711:: 243. September 1939
632:Friedman 2008, p. 83.
611:Campbell 1980, p. 62.
507:. In September 1944,
193:2 × Admiralty 3-drum
685:: 202. February 1939
436:On 8 December 1939,
953:. Naval-history.net
926:. Naval-history.net
899:. Naval-history.net
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863:. Naval-history.net
842:Winser 1998, p. 90.
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780:. Naval-history.net
750:. Naval-history.net
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318:was ordered by the
110:Sold, 21 April 1947
555:Queen Elizabeth II
460:. On 26 May 1940,
440:and the old sloop
361:water-tube boilers
300:Dunkirk evacuation
195:water-tube boilers
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320:British Admiralty
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1251:Categories
538:Kingfisher
523:Kingfisher
509:Kingfisher
497:Kingfisher
491:Kingfisher
487:Kingfisher
479:Kingfisher
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233:Complement
188:Propulsion
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63:Kingfisher
570:Citations
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505:Ardrossan
431:George VI
399:Fairfield
395:laid down
347:, with a
324:new class
286:lead ship
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807:10 April
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536:In 1945
519:Type XXI
457:Forester
448:Eglinton
429:by King
427:Weymouth
417:In 1939
407:launched
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241:Armament
211:2 shafts
91:Launched
754:9 April
715:9 April
689:9 April
557:to the
470:Dunkirk
413:Service
367:geared
365:Parsons
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