hms class destroyers built royal_navy mid-1930s assigned home_fleet ship detached mediterranean_fleet enforce arms blockade imposed britain france sides spanish civil war weeks start second world war september helped sink german submarine participated second battle april june ship sent gibraltar formed force participated attack escorted aircraft carriers force flew aircraft malta covered convoys reinforcing island late time ship helped sink german submarine december briefly transferred mediterranean_fleet escorted convoys malta transferred early assigned convoy escort duties south_africa west_africa converted escort destroyer conversion completed early ship transferred renamed assigned escort duties western approaches months ship transferred english channel protect convoys normandy landings engaged german surface ships times sent iceland convoy escort work october ship received lengthy refit canada end year completed ferried canadian troops canada months training ship placed reserve sold scrap end description class ships repeats preceding class displaced long tons standard load long tons deep load ships overall length feet beam feet inches draught feet inches powered geared steam turbines driving propeller shaft steam provided admiralty drum boilers turbines developed total shaft horsepower gave maximum speed knots mph barely exceeded designed speed sea trials carried maximum long tons fuel oil gave range nautical miles knots mph ships complement officers ratings ships mounted inch mark guns single mounts single mounts designated sequence rear anti aircraft defence quadruple mounts inch vickers machine gun class fitted water quadruple torpedo tube mounts inch torpedoes depth charge rack throwers fitted depth charges originally carried increased shortly second world war began wartime modifications october rear torpedo tube mount replaced pounder gun ship repair late existing director control tower rangefinder bridge replaced new director type gunnery radar mounted roof fed target data new fire control system calculated gunnery information guns ship received radio direction foremast short range armament augmented guns wings ship bridge pair enlarged platform probably pair added quarterdeck converted escort destroyer late gun replaced anti submarine mortar increased total depth charges meant gun pounder gun removed compensate weight type target indication radar replaced director likely vickers guns replaced quarterdeck time construction career seventh ship royal_navy laid shipyard august launched october completed june ship cost pounds excluding government furnished equipment like armament initially assigned 6th destroyer flotilla home_fleet detached mediterranean_fleet enforce arms imposed sides spanish civil war november february ship based gibraltar brief refit january patrolled spanish ports june august october returning home refit chatham dockyard october december returned mediterranean patrol area gibraltar french algeria january march september ship collided submarine damaging propellers repaired november december remained home waters rest 6th renumbered 8th destroyer flotilla april months start world war september assigned home_fleet based scapa_flow month hostilities anti submarine hunting group centred aircraft carrier september carrier unsuccessfully attacked german submarine company sisters counter attacked sank north west ireland february escorts convoy carrying troops canada later month ship rescued survivors torpedoed freighter february second battle destroyers hero streamed gear advance battleship escort steamed engage remaining german destroyers april ship british destroyers pursued remaining german ships easternmost branch east lack ammunition forced german ships retreat battle rescued officers ratings destroyer escorted troop convoys iceland occupied island early june ship escorting battlecruiser cruisers searched german commerce raiders iceland recalled norwegian waters june germans launched attack allied convoys evacuating norway germans returned base time ships arrived later escorted battlecruiser hood sisters fearless destroyer form force morning july ferried captain admiral commander meet admiral commander french forces algeria holland deliver ultimatum disposition french ships ensure fall hands germans initially refused meet low ranking envoy later relented negotiations underway afternoon french ships place british prime minister winston_churchill ordered talks terminated impending arrival french reinforcements british opened fire half hour later including month later ship escorted force operation hurry mission fly fighter aircraft malta conduct august shortly escorted hood home began refit lasted october returned gibraltar escorted aircraft carriers operations coat white november sorties mediterranean ship escorted convoys gibraltar west_africa early january involved operation excess january including departed gibraltar carry unsuccessful night torpedo attack british ships returned gibraltar february began preparing operation naval bombardment genoa successfully carried days later april escorting convoy coast west_africa rescued seamen survivors cargo liner sunk week earlier mid participated mission carriers furious flew fighters malta force ordered join escort convoy north_atlantic day battle denmark directed search german battleship heavy cruiser 25th heavy seas increased fuel consumption escorts forced return gibraltar refuel later day rejoining capital ships force 29th tracked sunk destroyer screened flying mission malta june days later german blockade runners reached france force sortied atlantic failed search blockade runners sisters fearless helped sink german submarine june days later 8th tasked intercept german supply ship spotted heading french coast day intercepted scuttled crew approach british ships rescued british taken ships sunk german raiders crew late june screened furious flew fighters malta operation railway operation substance leading column convoy streaming narrows july italian bomb near missed disabled towed gibraltar bulk convoy reached malta day escorts rejoined force week later screened capital ships force covered malta convoy operation style returned august refit lasted november ship briefly assigned north_atlantic convoy escort duties later month transferred mediterranean_fleet late december screened light cruisers force freighter convoy alexandria egypt malta early january week later escorted cruisers covering malta detached escort freighter libya developed engine trouble january route freighter sunk german aircraft arrived alexandria january march ship transferred assigned fast ships force organised forces anticipation japanese invasion indian_ocean shortly transferred south_africa 2nd destroyer flotilla escort convoys transferred 4th destroyer flotilla sierra july converted escort destroyer august transferred canada completion february ship commissioned day working anti submarine training school assigned initially 6th based port transferred 12th later patrolled western entrance english channel normandy landings protect shipping german attacks destroyers attacked german patrol boats brest night july german patrol boat sunk lightly damaged august ship destroyer intercepted small convoy south brest sank naval accidentally rammed engagement repair september following month joined patrols iceland end november ship arrived halifax november begin refit nova scotia lasted december june trips ferry canadian troops canada september ship stationary training ship placed reserve sold german scrap december
HMS Foxhound (H69)