hms hms class destroyer built royal_navy 1930s spanish civil war ship spent considerable time spanish waters enforcing arms blockade imposed britain france sides conflict fought battle april badly damaged repairs completed transferred gibraltar participated battle september month later ship badly damaged rammed sank italian submarine received permanent repairs malta transferred mediterranean_fleet finished early participated march evacuated british australian troops greece crete april june ship participated syria lebanon campaign escorting convoys larger ships mediterranean_fleet transferred march action japanese indian_ocean raid april escort aircraft carrier september later stages invasion madagascar june ship returned mediterranean escort convoy malta operation vigorous converted escort destroyer beginning march united_kingdom assigned escort convoys north_atlantic rest war lengthy refit late escorted convoys end second world war war ship training ship active duty placed reserve early sold dominican_republic late year renamed death ruled dominican_republic assassination ship renamed finally sold scrap description 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 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 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 construction service laid scotland february launched march completed december excluding government furnished equipment like armament ship cost assigned 2nd destroyer flotilla mediterranean_fleet commissioning patrolled spanish waters spanish civil war enforcing policies ship received overhaul gibraltar december january resumed patrolling spanish waters end spanish civil war began refit dockyard august cancelled later month tensions rose beginning second world war sailed later month mediterranean reached gibraltar diverted sierra search german commerce raiders ship transferred north_america west indies station october refitted january march april rest 2nd destroyer flotilla escorted destroyer 20th destroyer flotilla sailed implement operation lay mines prevent transport swedish iron ore germany mines laid early morning april germans began invasion destroyers joined battlecruiser renown escorts battle april ship sister ship hostile initially deployed secure escape route destroyers 2nd flotilla deal captured coast defence guns eventually forward fired torpedoes harbour sinking merchant ships british ships leaving vicinity encountered german destroyers close range german ships crossed british ships quickly set hardy fire forced run aground hunter eventually took lead severely damaged germans probably including torpedo hit speed dropped rapidly immediately temporarily control hits rammed ships managed hunter capsized moved ahead slowly engaged german destroyers hostile earlier came save hostile laid smoke screen allowed escape engaged german ships hostile escorted badly damaged repair base set battle ship hit seven times german shells knocked boiler electrical circuits depth charges rangefinder killed crew temporary repairs allowed sail repaired july repairs completed ship transferred 13th destroyer flotilla based gibraltar operation hurry destroyers escorted aircraft carrier position south west carrier fly fighters malta august september ship spotted french cruisers escorting destroyers route escorted capital ships force battle september engaged october destroyer griffin sister sank italian submarine east gibraltar ship badly damaged rammed submarine given temporary repairs gibraltar october november escorted troop convoy late november operation collar permanent repairs malta november february repairs completed assigned 2nd destroyer flotilla mediterranean_fleet ship escorted capital ships mediterranean_fleet march mid april escorted fast transport battleships alexandria malta going escort battleships bombarded tripoli april alexandria april sailed greece begin evacuating british australian troops beaches ship escorted capital ships mediterranean_fleet covered convoy alexandria malta detached escort light cruiser bombarded harbour sank italian merchant ships evacuation destroyer imperial ship steering disabled near miss bomb ship escorted opening stage syria lebanon campaign june hunted french submarines july november escorted convoys november escorting battleship ship torpedoed german submarine escorting destroyers rescued men ship escorted light cruiser bombarded early december escorting convoy sister hasty sank december north convoy malta january ship detailed escort merchant ship started having engine trouble route sunk air attack january march transferred indian_ocean assigned force fleet indian ocean raid japanese early april ship returned mediterranean participate operation vigorous convoy alexandria malta june forced sink sister hasty damaged torpedo german motor torpedo boat ship returned indian_ocean escorted carrier ship supported operations madagascar september remained indian_ocean january transferred arrived february ship remained briefly transferred home begin conversion escort destroyer conversion began march lasted type surface search radar replaced fire control director rangefinder bridge type surface warning radar added foremast high frequency direction finding system added pole mast aft ship received type system inch guns removed forward aft forward gun replaced anti submarine mortar inch anti aircraft gun amidships removed number guns increased assigned escort group june working escorted convoys north_atlantic transferred 14th june refitted october march escort duties followed victory europe day ship replaced inch gun briefly assigned transferred august reassigned june refitted february march ship assigned 3rd escort flotilla based portland harbour selected scrapped november placed reserve january pending disposal sold dominican_republic november renamed time ship carried type air warning radar american surface search radar millimetre guns replaced june number foreign warships attend queen elizabeth_ii coronation review death ship renamed sold scrap
HMS Hotspur (H01)