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HMS Volage

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NameHMS Volage
NationalityUnited Kingdom (Details)
PeriodWorld War II
Pennant/DesignationR41
TypeDestroyer
Warship ClassU and V Class (Details)
Year Launched1943
Year Commisioned1944
Last Year Active1972
StatusScrapped
Source of TextWikipedia
Credit Linkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Volage_(R41)



History: HMS Volage was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy, commissioned on 26 May 1944, that served in the Arctic and the Indian Oceans during World War II. She was the fifth Royal Naval ship to bear the name (a sixth was planned during World War I as a modified V class destroyer but the order was cancelled in 1918). She was ordered on 1 September 1941 as part of the 8th Emergency flotilla and fitted for Arctic service. On 22 October 1946, Volage and the destroyer HMS Saumarez were badly damaged by mines laid in the North Corfu Channel. She was subsequently rebuilt as a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number "F41", during 1952–53, and scrapped in 1972.
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 18:41:52

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