hms hostile hms hostile class destroyer built royal_navy 1930s spanish civil war ship spent considerable time spanish waters enforcing arms blockade imposed britain france sides conflict transferred sierra october hunt german commerce raiders participated april july ship damaged passage august scuttled description hostile 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 water tube boilers hostile carried maximum long tons fuel oil gave range nautical miles knots mph ship complement officers men peacetime ship mounted calibre inch mark guns single mounts anti aircraft defence hostile 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 service hostile laid scotland february launched january completed september excluding government furnished equipment like armament ship cost assigned 2nd destroyer flotilla mediterranean_fleet commissioning hostile patrolled spanish waters spanish civil war enforcing ship received overhaul gibraltar november december resumed patrolling spanish waters end spanish civil war hostile refitted dockyard july returned mediterranean malta world war began october ship transferred hunt german commerce raiders ship half sisters hardy hasty battlecruiser renown aircraft carrier light cruiser neptune december rio_de_janeiro brazil proceeding estuary case damaged german pocket battleship admiral attempted escape taken refuge losing hostile overhauled chatham dockyard january march rejoined 2nd destroyer flotilla assigned home_fleet battle april ship engaged german destroyer von badly damaged hitting times hostile hit shell little damage escorted badly damaged sister ship repair base set hostile briefly escorted battleship returned repairs april ship briefly returned norwegian waters escorted transferred mediterranean_fleet mid july hostile participated escort heavy ships force unsuccessfully engaged italian destroyers suffering damage ship sister hero destroyers ordered gibraltar august join struck route early morning august broke explosion killed men wounded took survivors hero fired torpedoes
HMS Hostile (H55)