HMS Escort

HMS Escort 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 1936–1939, she spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. Escort was assigned to convoy escort and anti-submarine patrol duties in the Western Approaches, when World War II began in September 1939. During the Norwegian Campaign, the ship escorted ships of the Home Fleet, although she did tow her sister HMS Eclipse after the latter ship had been badly damaged by German air attack. Escort was assigned to Force H in late June, and participated in the Attack on Mers-el-Kébir in early July. She was torpedoed a few days later by an Italian submarine, but was towed for three days towards Gibraltar before she foundered.

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1934 Wikidata
H66
speed 36 knot, length 100.28 metre, beam 10.13 metre, draft 3.81 metre,
E-class destroyer, destroyer, shipwreck, Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom,

Location: 36.1097, -3.37, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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1934 HMS Escort

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World War II Q362

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ship commissioning

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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
site	shipwreck	1934	HMS Escort	E-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata

HMS Escort

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