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Shoreham-class sloop

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was launched on 23 July 1932 and scrapped in 1947. She spent the war years in home waters and the North Atlantic. On several occasions, she rescued survivors of torpedoed ships and on 31 May 1940,
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was assigned to the China Station (later merged into the Eastern Fleet) where she was used as the Commander-in-Chief's yacht. In 1936, her new skipper was
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and North Africa until returning to England in February 1943 with convoy MKS 7. She then transferred to the 39th Escort Group and participated in sinking
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was launched on 4 November 1930 and sold for merchant use in 1946. From 1940 to 1942, she was engaged in North Atlantic escort and anti-submarine duty.
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History : HMS Shoreham : Sandown Class : Mine Countermeasure : Surface Fleet : Operations and Support : Royal Navy
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until refit in November. The refit completed in March 1945 included modifications for service as the training ship for the
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Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946
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Hepper, David; Johnson, Harold & Weatherhorn, Aryeh (2006). "Question 14/05: Loss of HMS Dundee (L 84)".
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in the South Atlantic Ocean for Britain. In the Second World War she was credited with sinking the
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when war was declared. She returned to England with convoy SL 32 in December 1939. After refit at
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returned to the UK in 1946, sold off in November and broken up in 1950. Her battle honours were
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served as the navigation training ship until September 1949 and was scrapped in 1951.
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was launched on 20 September 1932 at Chatham and sunk on 15 September 1940 by
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was launched on 1 April 1931 and scrapped in 1949. After participating in the
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was delayed when she ran aground and had to wait for the tide to refloat her.
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while escorting convoy OS 18 on 2 February 1942. After installation of
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biplane. On 30 May 1943, she went to the assistance of the freighter
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was launched on 11 June 1932 and scrapped in 1949. On 28 March 1938,
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who later became a highly successful anti-submarine commander in the
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was installed during refit at Liverpool. She participated in sinking
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on 30 January 1940 and rescued survivors from various sinkings.
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in East Africa, participating in the sinking of the submarine
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while escorting convoy OB 218. She was then assigned to the
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while escorting convoy OS 51 on 15 July 1943. In May 1944
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Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 2,000 shp (1,491 kW)
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and a new air search radar, she participated in sinking
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was launched on 16 July 1931, and was operating in the
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in 1941, where she suppressed Iranian naval ships at
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Index

Shoreham class sloop
HMS Fowey (F15)
Royal Navy
Hastings class
Grimsby class
long tons
knots
QF 4 in (100 mm) Mk V guns
.5 inch anti-aircraft machine guns
Royal Navy
Bridgewater-class sloops
Chatham
Devonport Naval Dockyards
HMS Shoreham
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Regia Marina
Torricelli
invasion of Iran
Abadan
Allied invasion of Sicily
Eastern Fleet
VJ Day
HMS Fowey
U-55
HMS Bideford
Dunkirk evacuation
MV Edward Blyden
MV Abosso
Bay of Biscay

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