HMS Grimsby

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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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speed 16.5 knot, length 81.2 metre, beam 11 metre, draft 3.07 metre, 
Grimsby-class sloop-of-warshipwrecksloop-of-warHMNB Devonport, Royal NavyUnited Kingdom


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  • HMAS Parramatta
    1939 Grimsby-class sloop-of-war
  • U-568
    1941 Type VIIC submarine
  • HMS Latona
    1940 Abdiel-class minelayer
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ship launching
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keel laying
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