class destroyer built royal_navy initially assigned mediterranean_fleet transferred home_fleet ship escorted convoys conducted anti submarine patrols early world war participating sunk german aircraft evacuation description displaced long tons standard load long tons deep load ship overall length feet beam feet inches draught feet inches powered geared steam turbines driving shafts developed total shaft horsepower gave maximum speed knots mph steam turbines provided admiralty drum boilers carried maximum long tons fuel oil gave range nautical miles knots mph ship complement officers enlisted men increased wartime ship mounted calibre inch guns single mounts anti aircraft defence millimetre pounder guns mounted platform funnels fitted water quadruple torpedo tube mounts inch torpedoes depth charge rail throwers fitted depth charges originally carried increased shortly war began ship fitted type set detect submarines reflections sound waves water career ship ordered march glasgow naval programme laid august launched august eighth ship carry completed march cost excluding items supplied admiralty guns ammunition communications equipment commissioning assigned 4th destroyer flotilla mediterranean_fleet flotilla reassigned home_fleet september february arrived post spain captured days franco forces spanish civil war captain gained release sir british zoologist resident arrested franco troops support ship emergency destroyer devonport march assigned 19th destroyer flotilla world war began spent months escorting convoys patrolling english channel north_sea ship sister escorting adventure morning november thames estuary entered minefield laid night german destroyers adventure struck mines lost power later capsized whilst tow continued escort convoys patrol april began april ship destroyers escorted battleship resolution april early escorted norway supported allied landings battle ship transferred support evacuation trips dover following day evacuated total men returned load troops morning june attacked times german bombers bomb wave detonated inside boiler room killed boiler engine room personnel fractured steam lines knocked machinery near misses attack sides hull upper deck ship torpedoes depth charges reduce french fishing attempted tow second attack caused damage caused french ship drop tow attack noon sank shallow water destroyer rescued officers crewmen ship destroyed wreck gunfire torpedoes
HMS Basilisk (H11)