class destroyer built royal_navy spanish civil war ship spent considerable time spanish waters enforcing non intervention measures agreed britain france attacked damaged nationalist bombers early subsequently transferred home_fleet sunk november british destroyer lost enemy action world war description displaced long tons standard load long tons deep load ship overall length feet beam feet inches draught feet inches powered parsons 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 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 career ship ordered march naval programme laid july launched tenth ship carry completed february cost excluding items supplied admiralty guns ammunition communications equipment commissioning assigned 4th destroyer flotilla mediterranean_fleet ship refitted year reassigned flotilla home_fleet completion spent months deployed southern spanish coast spanish civil war based gibraltar attacked nationalist bombers march missed ship received brief overhaul portsmouth april june assigned anti submarine flotilla based destroyers escorted ocean liner battleship english channel september given thorough refit dockyard april july emergency destroyer completion assigned 19th destroyer flotilla world war began spent months escorting convoys patrolling channel north_sea ship sister escorting adventure morning november thames estuary entered minefield laid night german destroyers adventure struck mines lost power capsized man killed wounded british destroyer sunk germans war
HMS Blanche (H47)