HMS Grove (L77) | |
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Career (UK) | ![]() |
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[]
- ↑ Guðmundur Helgason. "HMS Grove (L 77)". Uboat.net. http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1790.html. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ↑ 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
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