HMS Verdun (L93)
HMS Verdun was an Admiralty V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which saw service in the First and Second World Wars. So far she has been the only ship of the navy to bear the name Verdun, after the Battle of Verdun. She was assigned to carry the remains of The Unknown Warrior home to Britain on 8 November 1920.
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HMS Verdun (L93)
HMS Verdun was an Admiralty V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which saw service in the First and Second World Wars. So far she has been the only ship of the navy to bear the name Verdun, after the Battle of Verdun. She was assigned to carry the remains of The Unknown Warrior home to Britain on 8 November 1920.
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HMS Verdun was an Admiralty V- ...... to Britain on 8 November 1920.
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1917-11-03
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1917-01-13
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On ne passe pas: 'They shall not pass'
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1917-08-21
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Sold for scrap in April 1946
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Ship armament
* 4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45 ...... k.II
* 4 tubes for torpedoes
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On a Field Field Paly, of three Blue, White and Red, a tower Gold.
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United Kingdom
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Ship honours
*North Sea 1940-45
*Arctic 1942
Ship identification
Pennant number D93/L93
Ship in service
Converted to long-range escort between 1939 and 1940
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Ship propulsion
*3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers
*Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts,
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HMS Verdun was an Admiralty V- ...... to Britain on 8 November 1920.
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HMS Verdun (L93)
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HMS Verdun
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