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Hostile

HMS Hostile

Sunk

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassH
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 4.7″ guns

At the First Battle of Narvik. Mined off Cape Bon in August 1940 and scuttled.

Photograph of British destroyer HMS Hostile, underway on completion. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns
  • 2 × Quadruple 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns
  • 2 × Quadruple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 20 × Depth charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland
Laid down27 February 1935
Launched24 January 1936
Displacement1,350 long tons (1,370 t) (standard) 1,883 long tons (1,913 t) (deep load)
Length323 ft (98.5 m)
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement137 (peacetime), 146 (wartime)

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

Career

Launched

24 January 1936

First Battle of Narvik
Damaged

10 April 1940

Fate

Sunk

Damaged by a mine off Cape Bon 23 August 1940, scuttled by HMS Hero