class destroyer built british_royal_navy mid-1930s spanish civil war ship enforced arms blockade imposed britain france sides mediterranean_fleet months second world war searched german commerce raiders atlantic_ocean participated april june transferred mediterranean_fleet escorted number convoys malta ship took july march evacuation greece april damaged following month participated syria june began escorting supply convoys june libya ship damaged october repaired time escort convoy malta december badly damaged italian battleship whilst protecting convoy second battle march repairs attempted malta ship damaged air raid early april admiralty decided attempts repair malta pointless ordered gibraltar permanent repairs april passage ran aground near tunisia crew interned description construction displaced long tons standard load long tons deep load ship 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 carried maximum long tons fuel oil gave range nautical miles knots mph ship complement officers men peacetime increased wartime ship mounted calibre inch guns single mounts designated rear anti aircraft defence quadruple mark mounts inch machine gun fitted water quadruple torpedo tube mounts inch torpedoes depth charge rail throwers fitted depth charges originally carried increased shortly war began increased depth charges ordered december laid shipyard scotland launched july completed january excluding government furnished equipment like armament ship cost wartime modifications ships class rear torpedo tubes replaced pounder gun evacuation clear received modification changes included exchanging quadruple calibre vickers machine guns mounted funnels guns addition guns platform pair wings ship bridge service assigned 2nd destroyer flotilla mediterranean_fleet commissioning patrolled spanish waters spanish civil war enforcing policies night august september unsuccessfully attacked italian submarine torpedoes ship refitted gibraltar october november required repairs april hitting stone given brief refit august returning gibraltar ship sailed sierra august arrived september search german commerce raiders transferred november thorough refit december march meantime 2nd destroyer flotilla assigned home_fleet rejoined refit finished april rest 2nd destroyer flotilla escorted destroyer 20th destroyer flotilla sailed implement operation lay mines prevent transport swedish iron ore germany mines laid early morning april germans began invasion destroyers joined battlecruiser renown escorts battle april class ships 2nd destroyer flotilla attacked german destroyers transported german troops occupy northern norway previous day flotilla leader hardy led half sisters surprise dawn attack harbour hostile initially left entrance harbour fired torpedoes mass shipping torpedo hit german destroyer stern addition ship hit twice inch shells british ships withdrawing encountered german destroyers close range german ships crossed british ships quickly set hardy fire forced run aground line fired torpedoes german destroyers missed hit return significantly damaged confusion limited visibility pulled line find happened hardy protect rear british formation german destroyers pursuit turn allow rear guns fire forward guns failed hostile turned protect badly damaged sister continued withdraw route encountered german supply ship loaded artillery ammunition crew ran aground abandoned ship hostile fired ship boarding party found ship fire blew ship fired shells ship remained norwegian waters escorted light cruiser birmingham unsuccessful sweep north_sea looking german ships early month assigned shortly bombarded german troops occupying sister rescued survivors sunken ferry dutch coast returned recovered number british demolition parties ship ordered reinforce mediterranean_fleet malta assigned 2nd destroyer flotilla july ship escorted australian light cruiser rescued survivors italian cruiser escorting destroyers boiler room flooded attack italian aircraft battle repaired july september sister hasty surprised italian submarine surface october coast egypt forced destroyers rescued survivors engaged escort duties months including escorting carrier night november aside refit malta december february torpedoed sank italian destroyer march ship evacuated commonwealth troops greece end april destroyers escorting light cruiser bombarded night damaged dive bombers killing wounding men patrol repair alexandria june ship bombarded positions lebanon early july began escorting ships october propeller shafts propellers damaged repair october december alexandria mid december ship escorted supply ship malta brief engagement known battle joined attempt intercept italian convoy tripoli libya night december reinforced ran italian minefield sank cruiser damaged escorted badly damaged light cruiser aurora malta destroyers escorted alexandria early january whilst escorting convoy malta ship diverted escort damaged freighter alexandria attacked sunk axis aircraft route january rescued survivors sank ship transferred 22nd destroyer flotilla february continued escort convoys malta march splinters inch near miss italian battleship boilers second battle forced malta repairs whilst dock ship major target axis aircraft sustained damage april ordered gibraltar repairs complete ran aground tunisia april wrecked killed incident crew passengers interned released november result wreck later torpedoed italian submarine
HMS Havock (H43)