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HMS Grenville H-03 |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
G |
Builder: |
Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. Scotstoun, Scotland |
Pennant Number: |
H-03 |
Ordered: |
March 5, 1934 |
Launched: |
August 15, 1935 |
Keel Laid: |
September 29, 1934 |
Completed: |
July 1, 1936 |
Fate: |
Sunk Jan. 19, 1940 by mine laid by the German destroyers; Z-14 Friedrich Ihn (Korvettenkapitän Günther Wachsmuth) Z-15 Erich Steinbrinck (Korvettenkapitän Rolf Johannesson) Z-16 Friedrich Eckoldt (Korvettenkapitän Alfred Schemmel) Location: North Sea, 53 miles east of Southend-on-Sea, England. 75 crewmen lost, 188 survivors. |
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Commanders |
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From |
To
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Name |
June 11, 1938 |
Jan. 19, 1940 |
Captain George E. Creasy, M.V.O., R.N. |
Honours |
Lt. Commander Hugh C. B. Coleridge (Distinguished Service Cross) |
Leading Seaman Joseph M. W. Fenwick (Distinguished Service Medal) |
Able Seaman Edwin L. James (Distinguished Service Medal) |
Engine Room Artificer William Savage (British Empire Medal) |
Class Overview |
Ship's Data |
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Page published Dec. 20, 2012 |