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of four torpedoes was fired at two other German destroyers, but missed and badly damaged the ore docks. After regrouping, Captain Warburton-Lee led another attack on the harbour later that morning, but inflicted little additional damage due to poor visibility.
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As the British destroyers completed their second attack, they were engaged by three more German destroyers. The British destroyers attempted to withdraw to the west, but were pursued by the German ships. Two additional German destroyers
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on 30 May 1935, launched on 7 April 1936 and commissioned on 11 December 1936. Excluding government-furnished equipment like the armament, the ship cost £278,482. The ship was assigned to the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla of the
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Captain Warburton-Lee was brought ashore but died after an hour from his head wounds. 139 other men managed to get ashore, although 26 were seriously wounded. Captain Warburton-Lee was posthumously awarded the
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G.H. Stanning, the Captain's Secretary. Although badly wounded, he took command and after several more hits disabled her boilers ordered her run aground at
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of 1936–1939 the ship spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict.
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and superstructure set her on fire, mortally wounded Captain Warburton-Lee and killed or wounded all of the other officers on the bridge except
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to Germany. The mines were laid on the early morning of 8 April, before the Germans began their invasion, and the destroyers then joined the
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rail and two throwers were fitted; 20 depth charges were carried originally, but this was increased to 35 shortly after the war began.
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that she had to be run aground to stop her from sinking. The ship was lifted by a rising tide and eventually
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patrolled Spanish waters from 1937 through 1939 during the Spanish Civil War enforcing the policies of the
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fjord where she capsized in shallow waters. The wreck was still visible as late as 1963.
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sank the next day. Another torpedo hit a merchant ship in the stern. A second
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in a surprise dawn attack on Narvik harbour during a blinding snowstorm. A
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and the rest of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla escorted the four destroyer
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was lifted off the beach at high tide and drifted to the head of
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of 12 feet 9 inches (3.9 m). She was powered by
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cemetery in Narvik, alongside two identified casualties from
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430:, driving two shafts, which developed a total of 38,000 672:, Uruguay, where she had taken refuge after losing the 789:, and killed the German flotilla commander, Commodore 836:Thirty-two of the casualties of the sinking of HMS 446:carried a maximum of 470 long tons (480 t) of 1067: 554:, on 23 May 1937 when that port was bombed by the 1154:Cardstock paper model ship plan for H87 HMS Hardy 655:, Brazil before proceeding to the estuary of the 2603: 992:. WO 98/8 Image 722 / 425: The National Archives 479:. She was fitted with two above-water quadruple 434:(28,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36 2022:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1940 1112:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 1074:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 2627:World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom 2007: 1981:List of destroyers of the Royal Hellenic Navy 1188: 1174: 810:of the British ships and quickly knocked out 2632:World War II shipwrecks in the Norwegian Sea 1139:IWM Interview with survivor Stanley Robinson 562:between 2 June and 29 July. The ship was in 402:displaced 1,455 long tons (1,478 t) at 1966:List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy 1144:IWM Interview with survivor William Pulford 783:blew off the stern of the German flagship, 406:load and 2,053 long tons (2,086 t) at 2612:G and H-class destroyers of the Royal Navy 2014: 2000: 1181: 1167: 1070:The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940 371:. During the Norwegian campaign of 1940, 1976:List of destroyers of the Brazilian Navy 1971:List of destroyers of the Argentine Navy 1149:IWM Interview with survivor Leslie Smale 831: 817:s forward guns. More hits to the ship's 735: 568: 472:had two quadruple Mark I mounts for the 19:For other ships with the same name, see 1107: 1051:. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. 1046: 2604: 1134:IWM Interview with survivor Cyril Cope 1088: 566:when World War II began in September. 1995: 1728: 1162: 1065: 882: 880: 581:(pennant no. H87) was transferred to 347:, in October 1939 to hunt for German 44: 970:. Commonwealth War Graves Commission 953: 951: 914: 912: 910: 767:, on 9 April. The following morning 688:on 9 March and became its flagship. 279:QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns 1729: 715:to prevent the shipment of Swedish 462:4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX guns 13: 877: 771:led four of her half-sisters down 651:on 17 December. 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During the 703:as they sailed to implement 556:Spanish Republican Air Force 7: 659:in case the damaged German 546:needed further assistance. 235:(67 km/h; 41 mph) 10: 2653: 936:Haarr, p. 65, 87, 308, 337 521:Non-Intervention Committee 494: 379:where she sank one German 170:337 ft (102.7 m) 18: 2523: 2406: 2027: 1961: 1947: 1927: 1895: 1861: 1826: 1787: 1735: 1724: 1679: 1617: 1559: 1542: 1463: 1361: 1287: 1213: 1196: 1190:G- and H-class destroyers 990:"Victoria Cross Register" 744:photographed in July 1962 674:Battle of the River Plate 668:attempted to escape from 504:Cammell Laird and Company 457:The ship mounted five 45- 138: 82:Cammell Laird and Company 39: 30: 1066:Haarr, Geirr H. (2009). 1010:: CS1 maint: location ( 870: 178:34 ft (10.4 m) 134:and became a total loss. 1108:Whitley, M. J. (1988). 1089:Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). 701:20th Destroyer Flotilla 302:, 1 rail and 2 throwers 139:General characteristics 130:, 10 April 1940. 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Index

HMS Hardy

Cammell Laird and Company
Birkenhead
Beached
capsized
standard
deep load
shp
Parsons
steam turbines
water-tube boilers
knots
nmi
ASDIC
QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns
.50-inch machine guns
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
depth charges
flotilla leader
H-class
destroyers
Royal Navy
Spanish Civil War
Freetown
Sierra Leone
commerce raiders
South Atlantic
Force K

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