HMS Hardy

HMS Hardy was the flotilla leader for the H-class destroyers, built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. During the Spanish Civil War 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. Hardy was transferred to Freetown, Sierra Leone, in October 1939 to hunt for German commerce raiders in the South Atlantic with Force K. After returning to the United Kingdom in early 1940, the ship became flagship of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla assigned to the Home Fleet. During the Norwegian campaign of 1940, Hardy participated in the First Battle of Narvik where she sank one German destroyer. As the British ships were withdrawing, they were discovered by two other German destroyers that so badly damaged Hardy that she had to be run aground to stop her from sinking. The ship was lifted by a rising tide and eventually capsized.

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H24; H87
destroyer, G and H-class destroyer, shipwreck, Cammell Laird, Royal Navy, 

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  Z11 Arnim ⓘ
  1936 Type 1934A-class destroyer

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  Z12 Erich Giese ⓘ
  1937 Type 1934A-class destroyer

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  Z13 Erich Koellner ⓘ
  1937 Type 1934A-class destroyer

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  Z17 Diether von Roeder ⓘ
  1937 Type 1936 destroyer

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  Z18 Hans Lüdemann ⓘ
  1937 Type 1936 destroyer

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  Z19 Hermann Künne ⓘ
  1937 Type 1936 destroyer

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  Z2 Georg Thiele ⓘ
  1935 Type 1934-class destroyer

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  Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp ⓘ
  1938 Type 1936 destroyer

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  Z9 Wolfgang Zenker ⓘ
  1936 Type 1934A-class destroyer

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  Z22 Anton Schmitt ⓘ
  1938 Type 1936 destroyer

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1940 Battles of Narvik

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HMS Hardy 1936

HMS Hardy

HMS Hardy and HMS Hunter graves at Håkvik cemetery, Narvik

CWGC headstone of an RN officer in Warblington Cemetery, Hampshire

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		First Naval Battle of Narvik	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Second Naval Battle of Narvik	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Third Battle of Narvik	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Battles of Narvik	Norway, United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, battle	Wikidata
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
link	page		Ship Design Drawings archive page@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z11 Arnim	Type 1934A-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z12 Erich Giese	Type 1934A-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z13 Erich Koellner	Type 1934A-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z17 Diether von Roeder	Type 1936 destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z18 Hans Lüdemann	Type 1936 destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z19 Hermann Künne	destroyer, Type 1936 destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z2 Georg Thiele	Type 1934-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp	Type 1936 destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z9 Wolfgang Zenker	Type 1934A-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1939	Z22 Anton Schmitt	destroyer, Type 1936 destroyer	Wikidata
site	fort	1915	Ramnes Battery	fort, fortification	Wikidata
site	museum		Narvik Red Cross War Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Hunter	G and H-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		ORP Grom	Grom-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		U-64	shipwreck, Type IXB submarine, submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1936	HMS Hardy	shipwreck, G and H-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		VCBernardArmitageWarburtonWarburton-Lee		Commons
commons	image		HMS Hardy 1936		Commons
commons	image		HMS Hardy		Commons
commons	image		HMS Hardy and HMS Hunter graves at Håkvik cemetery, Narvik		Commons
commons	image		CWGC headstone of an RN officer in Warblington Cemetery, Hampshire		Commons