HMS Foxhound (H69)
(For other ships with the same name, see HMS Foxhound and HMCS Qu'Appelle.) HMS Foxhound was one of nine F-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. Although she was assigned to the Home Fleet, the ship was detached as part of the Mediterranean Fleet to enforce the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39. Several weeks after the start of the Second World War in September 1939, Foxhound helped to sink a German submarine and participated in the Second Battle of Narvik during the Norwegian Campaign of April–June 1940. The ship was sent to Gibraltar in mid-1940 and formed part of Force H where she participated in the attack on Mers-el-Kébir. Foxhound escorted the aircraft carriers of Force H as they flew off aircraft f
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HMS Foxhound (H69)
(For other ships with the same name, see HMS Foxhound and HMCS Qu'Appelle.) HMS Foxhound was one of nine F-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. Although she was assigned to the Home Fleet, the ship was detached as part of the Mediterranean Fleet to enforce the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39. Several weeks after the start of the Second World War in September 1939, Foxhound helped to sink a German submarine and participated in the Second Battle of Narvik during the Norwegian Campaign of April–June 1940. The ship was sent to Gibraltar in mid-1940 and formed part of Force H where she participated in the attack on Mers-el-Kébir. Foxhound escorted the aircraft carriers of Force H as they flew off aircraft f
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(For other ships with the same ...... for scrap at the end of 1947.
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HMS Foxhound (H69) war ein Zer ...... kurze Zeit später abgewrackt.
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1944-02-08
commissioning date
1935-06-06
1944-02-08
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1944-02-08
1946-05-26
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1933-08-21
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1.002792e+2
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1.00584e+1
ship launched
1934-10-12
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Sold forscrap, December 1947
Transferred to theRoyal Canadian Navy, 8 February 1944
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734,378,365
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*4 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 m ...... charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers
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Pennant number: H69
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(For other ships with the same ...... H as they flew off aircraft f
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HMS Foxhound (H69) war ein Zer ...... kurze Zeit später abgewrackt.
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HMS Foxhound (H69)
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HMS Foxhound (H69)
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HMS Foxhound
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Qu'Appelle
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