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Foxhound

HMS Foxhound

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassF
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns

Carried Captain Holland to Admiral Gensoul with the British terms at Mers-el-Kébir.

Photograph of British F class destroyer HMS Foxhound. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
  • 2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
  • 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 20 × depth charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers
Laid down21 August 1933
Launched12 October 1934
Commissioned6 June 1935
Displacement1,405 long tons (1,428 t) (standard)
Length329 ft (100.3 m) o/a
Speed35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Complement145

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

12 October 1934

Attack on Ark Royal and the sinking of U-39
Survived

14 September 1939

Second Battle of Narvik
Survived

13 April 1940

Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
Survived

3 July 1940

Carried Captain Holland to Gensoul

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, December 1947