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HMS Hardy (R08)

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NameHMS Hardy (R08)
NationalityUnited Kingdom (Details)
PeriodWorld War II
Pennant/DesignationR08
TypeDestroyer
Warship ClassU and V Class (Details)
Year Launched1943
Year Commisioned1943
Last Year Active1944
StatusScuttled
Source of TextWikipedia
Credit Linkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hardy_(R08)



History: HMS Hardy was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War. Hardy was built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, laid down on 14 May 1942, launched 18 March 1943, and completed 14 August 1943. It is unclear why the name of the ship does not start with "U" or "V". This is likely because the first ship completed of each class was named for a famous naval commander rather than the next work in the dictionary.

While escorting Convoy JW 56A during World War II, Hardy was torpedoed and damaged in the Arctic Ocean at 73°40′N 24°30′E by the German submarine U-278 on 30 January 1944 with the loss of 35 crew members. The British destroyer HMS Venus rescued her survivors and sank her.
Class:
The U and V class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1942–1943. They were constructed in two flotillas, each with names beginning with "U-" or "V-" (although there was a return to the pre-war practice of naming the designated flotilla leader after a famous naval figure from history to honour the lost ships Grenville and Hardy). The flotillas constituted the 7th Emergency Flotilla and 8th Emergency Flotilla, built under the War Emergency Programme. These ships used the Fuze Keeping Clock HA Fire Control Computer.
Nationality:
The United Kingdom, made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, is an island nation in northwestern Europe. England – birthplace of Shakespeare and The Beatles – is home to the capital, London, a globally influential centre of finance and culture. England is also site of Neolithic Stonehenge, Bath’s Roman spa and centuries-old universities at Oxford and Cambridge.
Item created by: gdm on 2019-04-08 18:36:37. Last edited by gdm on 2019-07-31 16:31:49

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