HMS Grimsby (U16)
HMS Grimsby was a sloop of the British Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class. Grimsby was built in the 1930s, entering service in 1934. Serving most of her pre-war service at Hong Kong, Grimsby was deployed on convoy escort duties along the East coast of the Britain and in the Mediterranean Sea during the Second World War, and was sunk by dive bombers off Tobruk on 25 May 1941.
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HMS Grimsby (U16)
HMS Grimsby was a sloop of the British Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class. Grimsby was built in the 1930s, entering service in 1934. Serving most of her pre-war service at Hong Kong, Grimsby was deployed on convoy escort duties along the East coast of the Britain and in the Mediterranean Sea during the Second World War, and was sunk by dive bombers off Tobruk on 25 May 1941.
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HMS Grimsby was a sloop of the ...... ers off Tobruk on 25 May 1941.
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1934-05-17
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laying down
1933-01-23
length (μ)
8.10768e+1
motto
*"Premia post ardus"
*("Rewards come after toil")
order date
1932-11-01
ship beam (μ)
1.09728e+1
ship launched
1933-07-19
status
Sunk 25 May 1941
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44,477,944
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731,173,931
Ship armament
*2 × 4.7 in (120 mm) Mark IX g ...... rcraft gun
*4 × 3-pounder guns
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Ship displacement
Ship honours
Greece 1941, Crete 1941, Libya 1941
Ship propulsion
*Two Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers
*Parsons geared steam turbines
*Two shafts
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HMS Grimsby was a sloop of the ...... ers off Tobruk on 25 May 1941.
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