class destroyer built royal_navy mid-1930s spanish civil war ship enforced arms blockade imposed britain france sides mediterranean_fleet start world war ship modified lay mines removing armament transferred shortly war began helped sink german submarine october converted undergoing refit november december laid minefields german coastal waters anti submarine minefields british coast destroyer configuration february reverted role april laid number minefields dutch coast ship participated evacuation badly damaged german aircraft june mission repairs completed struck german scuttled september disaster description class ships improved versions preceding class displaced long tons standard load long tons deep load ships overall length feet beam feet draught feet inches powered parsons geared steam turbines driving propeller shaft steam provided admiralty drum boilers turbines developed total shaft horsepower gave maximum speed knots mph carried maximum long tons fuel oil gave range nautical miles knots mph ships complement officers ratings ships mounted inch mark guns single mounts anti aircraft defence quadruple mark mounts inch vickers machine gun class fitted water torpedo tube mounts inch torpedoes depth charge rack throwers fitted depth charges originally carried increased shortly war began class destroyers fitted equipment late january malta consisted mounts rails deck carry mines electric mines rails pair added stern allow mines clear propellers dropped sea guns sets torpedo tubes modified allow removed compensate weight mines ship carry maximum mines fitted sound detection system locate submarines underwater construction career ship ordered yarrow october naval programme ship laid february launched february second royal_navy warship carry completed august cost excluding items supplied admiralty guns communications equipment assigned 3rd destroyer flotilla mediterranean_fleet commissioning participated training exercises french_navy december january ship forced leave exercises prematurely problems tubes replaced malta january march transferred gibraltar patrolled spanish waters enforcing policies end war february march protect british citizens interests foreigners republican troops supporters evacuated city transit alexandria malta world war began september plymouth september entire 3rd transferred escort duties sisters ship sank german submarine october refitted converted november december transferred specialist 20th destroyer flotilla december laid minefield ships flotilla mouth estuary night december minefield laid night january laid series anti submarine minefields later month ship replaced guns torpedo tubes portland january february resumed duties early april destroyer escorted 2nd destroyer flotilla laid mines operation lay mines prevent shipment swedish iron ore germany mines laid early morning april germans began invasion destroyers joined battlecruiser escorts successfully laid mines ship present played significant renown brief engagement german battleships april later month ship carried troops 15th loaded mines laid minefield approaches trondheim night april boiler cleaning express laid mines hook holland night german later sunk minefield july nights later ships reinforced auxiliary laid minefield dutch coast princess victoria struck german voyage home sunk destroyers rescued ship survivors laid minefields dutch coast end month ship transferred evacuation effort ferried troops dover day took aboard crew badly damaged destroyer scuttled withdrawn evacuation valuable risk decision reversed following day evacuated men dover morning june having loaded troops ship attacked harbour german aircraft bombs missed port starboard detonated upper deck flooded forward boiler rooms bomb killed including soldiers wounded troops wounded taken destroyer boiler room ship reached dover power repairs lasted august converted august transferred 20th destroyer flotilla night sailed express lay minefield dutch coast north express hit newly laid german field night bow blown closed assist struck shortly explosion knocked power hours ship able raise steam september reached speed knots mph steaming backwards stress damaged bow propellers fell propeller shafts fractured lost speed motor torpedo boats arrived loaded men ship crew fourth stayed destroyer recover remaining crewmen continued water started list early afternoon lost power pumps captain ordered ship abandoned opening speed sinking shortly discovered damaged german aircraft sink scuttled torpedo fired destroyer later afternoon ship quickly sank position
HMS Ivanhoe (D16)