HMS Garland
Survived
Royal Navy, then Polish Navy
| Type | Destroyer |
|---|---|
| Class | G |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 4 × 4.7″ guns |
Service
| to 1940 | Garland | |
| 1940–1946 | Garland Lent to the Polish Navy | |
| from 1946 | Garland |
G-class destroyer lent to the Polish Navy in May 1940. Escorted Malta and Arctic convoys; with PQ 16 in May 1942 she was hit by German bombers and lost 22 men killed. Shared in sinking U-407 in the Aegean in September 1944. Returned in 1946 and sold to the Netherlands as Marnix.
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 rail and 2 throwers
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Govan |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 22 August 1934 |
| Launched | 24 October 1935 |
| Commissioned | 3 May 1940 |
| Displacement | 1,350 long tons (1,370 t) (standard) 1,883 long tons (1,913 t) (deep load) |
| Length | 323 ft (98.5 m) |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Complement | 137 (peacetime), 146 (wartime) |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
24 October 1935
Joined the Polish Navy
May 1940 · Lent to the Polish Navy
Convoy HX 228
Survived
10–11 March 1943
Polish-manned
Joined the Royal Navy
1946
Fate
Survived
Scrapped