class destroyer built royal_navy mid-1930s assigned mediterranean_fleet beginning world war ship transferred sierra october hunt german commerce raiders returned british isles early covered evacuation allied troops early transferred mediterranean_fleet shortly participated july ship took march evacuated british australian troops greece crete april june hasty participated syria lebanon campaign escorting convoys larger ships mediterranean_fleet year second battle march defended convoy italian battleship cruisers covering convoy alexandria malta june operation vigorous hasty torpedoed german motor torpedo boat badly damaged scuttled description hasty displaced long tons standard load long tons deep load ship overall length feet beam feet draught feet inches powered parsons geared steam turbines driving shafts developed total shaft horsepower gave maximum speed knots mph steam turbines provided admiralty drum water tube boilers hasty carried maximum long tons fuel oil gave range nautical miles knots mph ship complement officers men peacetime increased wartime ship mounted calibre inch mark guns single mounts anti aircraft defence hasty quadruple mark mounts inch vickers machine gun fitted water quadruple torpedo tube mounts inch torpedoes depth charge rail throwers fitted depth charges originally carried increased shortly war began beginning ship anti aircraft armament increased exactly modifications known rear set torpedo tubes replaced inch pounder gun quadruple calibre vickers mounts replaced millimetre guns added forward superstructure service hasty laid brothers scotland april launched completed november excluding government furnished equipment like armament ship cost assigned 2nd destroyer flotilla mediterranean_fleet commissioning hasty refitted june july returned mediterranean hasty escorted convoys egypt gibraltar immediately world war began september october ship transferred hunt german commerce raiders ship sisters hardy hostile battlecruiser renown aircraft carrier light cruiser neptune december rio_de_janeiro brazil proceeding estuary case damaged german pocket battleship admiral attempted escape taken refuge losing hasty ordered january refit captured german blockade runner north_atlantic february route ship assigned home_fleet completing refit march destroyer hasty escorted destroyer newcastle march ship collided swedish merchant ship north_sea weather damage prevented ship participating early stages escorted aircraft carriers glorious april aircraft attacked german targets norway hasty glorious escorts carrier returned scapa_flow refuel april days later ship escorted convoy evacuated british french troops early hasty 2nd destroyer flotilla ordered mediterranean ship escorted french battleship british cruisers bombarded night june july hasty participated escort heavy ships force unsuccessfully engaged italian destroyers suffered damage july ship escorted australian light cruiser rescued survivors italian cruiser escorting destroyers hasty sister sank italian submarine october coast egypt rescued survivors ship escorted carrier night november bombardment albania night december hasty escorted battleships ship participated operation excess january escorted convoy escorted battleship bay crete alexandria late february ship evacuated british island coast turkey italian defeated small garrison operation italians able land troops island days british forces march hasty escorted light cruisers force seriously engaged battle april ship light cruiser gloucester bombarded italian positions fort mid april escorted fast transport battleships alexandria malta going escort battleships bombarded tripoli april alexandria april hasty sailed greece begin evacuating british australian troops beaches ship escorted capital ships mediterranean_fleet covered convoy alexandria malta hasty escorted light cruisers intercepted german convoy attempting land troops crete night ship evacuated british commonwealth troops crete late hasty bombarded positions lebanon july syria lebanon campaign spent rest year escorting convoys november escorting capital ships mediterranean_fleet battleship torpedoed sunk german submarine escorting convoy hasty sister sank december north january ship escorted alexandria malta switched covering force convoy mid february transferred 22nd destroyer flotilla february hasty escorting merchants ships convoy second battle began march defended convoy italian battleship cruisers threatening torpedo attacks cover severe storm smoke screen hasty torpedoed german boat command covered large convoy malta operation vigorous killing men torpedo blew bow structure boiler rooms started flood took crew scuttled torpedo morning june
HMS Hasty (H24)