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Legion

HMS Legion

Sunk

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassL
WarSecond World War
Main guns8 × 4″ guns

At Cape Bon, where her torpedoes hit both Italian cruisers. Bombed and sunk at Malta in March 1942.

British destroyer HMS LEGION at anchor. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 8 × QF 4-inch (100 mm) Mk.XVI guns, twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX
  • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk.VIII L/39 (40 mm), quad mount Mk.VII
  • 8 × QF 0.5 in Mk.III Vickers (12.7 mm), quad mounts Mk.III
  • 8 (2 × 4) tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX
BuilderHawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne
Laid down1 November 1938
Launched26 December 1939
Commissioned19 December 1940
Displacement1,920 tons
Length362.5 ft (110.5 m)
Speed36 kt (66.7 km/h)
Complement221

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

Career

Launched

26 December 1939

Battle of Cape Bon
Survived

13 December 1941

Second Battle of Sirte
Survived

22 March 1942

Fate

Sunk

Sunk on 26 March 1942 in air attack