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HMS Grove (L77)
Career (UK) RN Ensign
Class and type: Type II Hunt class destroyer
Name: HMS Grove
Builder: Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Laid down: 28 August 1940
Launched: 29 May 1941
Commissioned: 5 February 1942
Fate: Torpedoed on 12 June 1942
General characteristics
Displacement: 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard
1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
Length: 279 ft 10 in (85.29 m) o/a
Beam: 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Draught: 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m)
Propulsion: 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp
Speed: 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
Range: 3,600 nmi (6,700 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement: 164
Armament: • 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
• 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
• 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
• 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks
Honours & awards: ATLANTIC 1942
LIBYA 1942
ARCTIC 1942
Badge: On a Field per fess wavy Red and Blue within a spur rowel upwards White, an escallop Gold

HMS Grove (L77) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.

The ship was struck by two torpedoes launched by the German submarine U-77 at 05:37 hours on 12 June 1942 and sunk with the loss of 110 crew.[1] 79 crew were rescued by HMS Tetcott.[2] At the time she was on return passage from Tobruk to Alexandria having been part of a resupply convoy to the Tobruk garrison. The ship had grounded at Tobruk and damaged the port screw shaft and screw, and speed was reduced to 8.5 knots.[2]

References[]

  1. Guðmundur Helgason. "HMS Grove (L 77)". Uboat.net. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1790.html. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lt Cdr Geoffrey B Mason. "HMS GROVE - Type II, Hunt-class Escort Destroyer". Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2. http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Grove.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 

Coordinates: 32°5′N 25°30′E / 32.083°N 25.5°E / 32.083; 25.5


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