HMS Hesperus

HMS Hesperus was an H-class destroyer that had originally been ordered by the Brazilian Navy with the name Juruena in the late 1930s, but was purchased by the Royal Navy after the beginning of World War II in September 1939, commissioned in 1940 as HMS Hearty and then quickly renamed as Hesperus.

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1940  Wikimedia, Wikidata
H57
length 98.5 metre, draft 3.89 metre, beam 10.1 metre, speed 36 knot, 
G and H-class destroyer, destroyer, John I. Thornycroft & Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

• Dreadnought Project page^@
• naval-history.net page^@
• uboat.net page^@
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1940 HMS Hesperus

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World War II Q362

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ship commissioning

1939-08-01T00:00:00Z

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ship launching

1938-07-06T00:00:00Z

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keel laying

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Frameless

The Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945 A16868

HMS Hesperus WWII IWM A 7101

Destruction of U-boat by British Destroyers Hesperus and Vanessa. While Forming Part of a Homeward-bound Convoy Escort the Destroyers Rammed and Sank a German U-boat. the Enemy Was First Sighted and Rammed by H A13987

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
commons	image		The Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945 A16868		Commons
commons	image		HMS Hesperus WWII IWM A 7101		Commons
commons	image		Destruction of U-boat by British Destroyers Hesperus and Vanessa. While Forming Part of a Homeward-bound Convoy Escort the Destroyers Rammed and Sank a German U-boat. the Enemy Was First Sighted and Rammed by H A13987		Commons