class destroyer built royal_navy mid-1930s world war took april battle september transferred mediterranean_fleet november generally escorted larger ships mediterranean_fleet protected convoys attacks griffin took march evacuations greece crete april june took syria lebanon campaign escorting convoys larger ships mediterranean_fleet transferred march griffin saw action japanese indian_ocean raid april escorting convoys time indian_ocean june returned mediterranean escort convoy malta operation vigorous beginning november converted escort destroyer united_kingdom transferred march ship renamed assigned escort convoys north_atlantic transferred protect forces involved working destroyers ottawa sank german submarines french coast returned canada lengthy refit end european war bring canadian troops paid october ottawa sold scrap august description griffin displaced long tons standard load long tons deep load 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 boilers griffin carried maximum long tons fuel oil gave range nautical miles knots mph complement officers men peacetime increased wartime ship mounted calibre inch mark guns single mounts anti aircraft defence griffin 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 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 service history griffin laid september launched august completed march excluding government furnished equipment armament cost griffin joined sisters assigned 1st destroyer flotilla mediterranean_fleet commissioning escorted ocean liner malta alexandria munich crisis september escorted light cruiser voyage collided target destroyer february repairs completed days later royal_navy september griffin alexandria assigned 1st destroyer flotilla october transferred home waters october escorting grt bound gibraltar german submarine torpedoed western approaches nautical miles west ireland people killed griffin attacked chased away submarine depth charges rescued survivors landed clyde october rejoined flotilla november patrolled north_sea escorted local convoys rescued survivors sister ship struck november damaged month repair december preparation griffin transferred home_fleet flow april griffin escorted capital ships home_fleet sortied north_sea april continued duty weeks april griffin destroyer captured german bound cargo included mines torpedoes evacuated british french troops rescued survivors destroyer sunk dive bombers attacked griffin success griffin transferred 13th destroyer flotilla gibraltar escorted capital ships force battle september engaged october sisters sank italian submarine griffin escorted battleship cruisers glasgow operation coat early november joined mediterranean_fleet griffin transferred 14th destroyer flotilla alexandria took inconclusive november operation excess struck january griffin rescued survivors february transferred red_sea escorted aircraft carrier formidable operations support military offensive italian operation canvas griffin escorted capital ships mediterranean_fleet march sister attacked italian destroyers lost passed griffin australian destroyer stuart bombarded axis positions near northwestern egypt april took evacuation british australian new_zealand troops greece end april april rescued survivors destroyers diamond sunk german aircraft escorted capital ships mediterranean_fleet covered convoy alexandria malta evacuation crete end griffin evacuated men bay operation ship escorted australian light cruiser perth bombarded positions lebanon july griffin escorted convoys july november november escorting battleships mediterranean_fleet torpedoed german submarine escorted light cruiser ship bombarded early december transferred 2nd destroyer flotilla later month griffin escorted convoys malta january february transferred indian_ocean late february griffin assigned force fleet indian_ocean raid japanese early april returned mediterranean operation vigorous convoy alexandria malta june rejoined escorted convoys ordered home begin conversion escort destroyer september refit transfer canada work conversion began november southampton included removal inch guns pounder gun replacement anti submarine mortar forward additional depth charges aft type radar sets fitted additional guns march griffin transferred commissioned march days conversion finished ship renamed ottawa april commemorate earlier ottawa sunk working sailed canada gifted canadians june ottawa senior ship escort group worked newfoundland northern_ireland senior ship 11th consisted canadian destroyers tasked protect invasion forces day july ottawa british frigate sank sussex ottawa sank august near days later sank west brest ottawa refitted october february march collided canadian halifax repair april end war ferried canadian troops canada paid october ottawa sold august subsequently broken
HMS Griffin (H31)