HMS Grimsby (U16)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Grimsby.
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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Name | HMS Grimsby |
Ordered | 1 November 1932 |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Laid down | 23 January 1933 |
Launched | 19 July 1933 |
Completed | 17 May 1934 |
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Honours and awards | Greece 1941, Crete 1941, Libya 1941[1] |
Fate | Sunk 25 May 1941 |
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Class and type | Grimsby-class sloop |
Displacement | 990 long tons (1,010 t) standard |
Length | 266 ft 3 in (81.15 m) o/a |
Beam | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
Draught | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (full load) |
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Speed | 16.5 kn (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 100 |
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