HMS Encounter

HMS Encounter was an E-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion, the ship was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1935–36 during the Abyssinia Crisis. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39, she spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. Encounter was assigned to convoy escort and anti-submarine patrol duties in the Western Approaches, when World War II began in September 1939. She participated in the Norwegian Campaign before joining Force H in mid-1940 and was present during the Battles of Dakar and Cape Spartivento later that year. The ship was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1941 where she escorted convoys to Malta.

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H10
length 100.28 metre, speed 36 knot, draft 3.81 metre, beam 10.13 metre,
E-class destroyer, destroyer, shipwreck, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom,

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1934-11-02T00:00:00Z

ship completed

1933-03-15T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1934-03-29T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1942-02-27T00:00:00Z

1942 Battle of the Java Sea

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	1942	Battle of the Java Sea	United States, Australia, Netherlands, Empire of Japan, naval battle	Wikidata
link	page		Dreadnought Project page^@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page^@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page^@		Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Encounter	E-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1931	HMS Exeter	York-class heavy cruiser, heavy cruiser, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1934	HMS Electra	E-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata

HMS Encounter

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