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HMS Sikh was a Tribal class destroyer of the Fourth destroyer flotilla of the Royal Navy. She was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons in Glasgow and commissioned in 1938. In 1941, while under the command of Commander Stokes, she took part in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in 1941 (see ORP Piorun for the destroyers' role). The night before Bismarck was sunk she fired a salvo of four torpedoes and claimed a hit after hearing underwater explosions, but in actual fact there were no hits. The Royal Navy developed two Tribal classes of destroyers: Tribal class destroyer (1905) Tribal class destroyer (1936) The Canadian Navy developed a class of destroyers in the 1970s which was to be called the Tribal class but under the current lead-ship designation convention is known as the Iroquois class. ...
USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ...
A flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a flota of small ships, and this from French flotte), or naval flotilla, is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
Alexander Stephen and Sons Limited, often referred to simply as Alex Stephens or just Stephens, was a British shipbuilding company based in Linthouse, Govan in Scotland, on the River Clyde. ...
The German battleship Bismarck is one of the most famous warships of the Second World War. ...
ORP Piorun was an N-class destroyer used by the Polish Navy during the Second World War, ex HMS Nerissa. ...
A salvo is the simultaneous discharge of artillery or firearms including the firing of guns either to hit a target or to perform a salute. ...
A modern torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ...
An underwater explosion, also known as an UNDEX, is an explosion beneath the surface of water. ...
HMS Sikh transferred to the Mediterranean serving as part of Force H. On 13 December 1941, Sikh together with HMS Legion , HMS Maori and HMNLS Issac Sweers sunk the Italian Cruisers Alberico di Barbiano and Alberto di Giussano. Force H was a British naval squadron during World War II. It was formed in 1940 to replace French naval power in the western Mediterranean that had been removed by the French armistice with Nazi Germany. ...
HMS Legion, a British navy L-class destroyer launched in 1939. ...
HMS Maori (L-24/F-24/G-24) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 6 June 1936, launched on 2 September 1937 by Mrs. ...
The Gerard Callenburgh class were a group of four destroyers ordered for the Royal Netherlands Navy just before World War II. Two ships were completed: The Gerard Callenburgh by the Germans after being captured and the Isaac Sweers in Britain after being evacuated as Holland fell to the Nazis. ...
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Alberto di Giussano was an Italian Condottieri class cruiser, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was launched on 27th April 1930 . ...
On 4th August 1942 HMS Sikh together with HMS Zulu, HMS Croome and HMS Trescott sunk the German submarine U-372 off Haifa.
On 14 September 1942 Sikh and HMS Zulu covered a commando raid on Tobruk. HMS Sikh was hit and sunk by shore batteries 115 men were lost. HMS Zulu was damaged and sunk by bombing the following day. The second HMS Zulu of the Royal Navy was a Tribal-class destroyer. ...
Tobruk or Tubruq (Arabic: طبرق; also transliterated as Tóbruch, Tobruch, Ţubruq, Tobruck ) is a town, seaport, municipality, and peninsula in eastern Libya in Northern Africa. ...
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List of destroyers of the Royal Navy
List of major warship classes of the Royal Australian Navy The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II. // From 1926 all Royal Navy destroyers had descended from a common lineage based upon the prototypes Amazon and Ambuscade. ...
The second HMS Afridi (L-07/F-07) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 9 June 1936, launched on 8 June 1937 by Lady Foster and commissioned on 3 May 1938. ...
HMS Ashanti was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Bedouin (pennant number L67, later F67) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. Categories: | | | ...
HMS Cossack (L-03/F-03/G-03) was a Tribal-class destroyer which became famous for the boarding of the German supply ship Altmark in Norwegian waters, and the associated rescue of sailors originally captured by the Admiral Graf Spee. ...
HMS Eskimo (L-75/F-75/G-75) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 5 August 1936, launched on 3 September 1937 and commissioned on 30 December 1938. ...
HMS Gurkha (L-20/F-20) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 6 July 1936, launched on 7 July 1937 and commissioned on 21 October 1938. ...
HMS Maori (L-24/F-24/G-24) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 6 June 1936, launched on 2 September 1937 by Mrs. ...
HMS Mashona (pennant number L59, later F59) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. Categories: | | | ...
HMS Matabele (pennant number L26, later F26) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. Categories: | | | ...
HMS Mohawk (L-31/F-31/G-31) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston in Southampton on 16 July 1936, launched on 5 October 1937 and commissioned on 7 September 1938. ...
HMS Nubian (pennant number L36, later F36) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. Categories: | | | ...
HMS Punjabi was a Tribal Class destroyer of the Royal Navy in the Second World War. ...
HMS Somali (pennant number L33, later F33) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. Categories: | | | ...
HMS Tartar (pennant number L43, later F43) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. Categories: | | | ...
The second HMS Zulu of the Royal Navy was a Tribal-class destroyer. ...
HMCS Athabaskan (G 07) was the first of three destroyers of the Canadian Navy to bear this name. ...
HMCS Athabaskan (R79) was the second destroyer of the Canadian Navy to bear that name. ...
HMCS Cayuga R04/218 was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built in the United Kingdom and served in the Royal Canadian Navy. ...
HMCS Haida (G-63) is the most famous ship in the Royal Canadian Navy, having sunk more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian ship. ...
HMCS Huron (G24) G24/216 was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built in the United Kingdom and served in the Royal Canadian Navy. ...
HMCS Iroquois G89/217 was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built in the United Kingdom and served in the Royal Canadian Navy. ...
HMCS Micmac (R10)/214 was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built in the United Kingdom and served in the Royal Canadian Navy. ...
The HMCS Nootka was commissioned August 7, 1946 at Halifax, Nova Scotia a tribal class destroyer in the Canadian Navy. ...
The first HMAS Arunta (D-130/I-30) was a Tribal class destroyer, laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 15 November 1939, launched on 30 November 1940, and commissioned on 30 March 1942. ...
HMAS Bataan (D-9/D-191/I-91) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 18 February 1942, launched on 15 January 1944 by Mrs. ...
HMAS Warramunga (D-10) was a Tribal class destroyer, laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney on the 10th February 1940, launched on 7 February 1942 by Mrs. ...
This is a list of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy. ...
This is a list of major classes of warship operated by the Royal Australian Navy. ...
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