 HMSGarth, 1941 | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMSGarth |
| Ordered | 21 March 1939 |
| Builder | John Brown & Company,Clydebank |
| Laid down | 8 June 1939 |
| Launched | 14 February 1940 |
| Completed | 8 June 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: L20 |
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| Fate | Scrapped in August 1958 |
| Badge | On a Field Red. a Pendant from a cross-crosslet fitchy White a bugle horn stringed Gold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type I Hunt-classdestroyer |
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| Length | 85 m (278 ft 10 in)o/a |
| Beam | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 3.27 m (10 ft 9 in) |
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| Complement | 146 |
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HMSGarth was aType I Hunt-classdestroyer of theRoyal Navy built byJohn Brown & Company on theRiver Clyde, andlaunched on 28 December 1939. She was adopted by the Civil Community ofWokingham,Berkshire, as part of theWarship Week campaign in 1942.
Oncommissioning in 1940Garth completed work ups for service in Home waters, including theNorthwestern approaches and theEnglish Channel. She provided escort cover for themonitorHMS Erebus during the evacuation ofDunkirk. In November 1940 along withHMS Campbell she sunk theE-BoatS38 offSouthwold - the first E-Boat sunk during an attack on a coastal convoy.
During 1941 and 1942 she continued escort duties for convoy defence off the East coast. In 1942 she was nominated to provide cover for theDieppe Raid (Operation Jubilee) in August 1942. Following this the destroyer continued duties in the English Channel and North sea. In February 1943Garth rammed and sank the E-BoatS73 off Yarmouth.
In April 1944Garth was nominated to provide support for theAllied landings inNormandy. In October 1944 she providednaval gunfire support ahead of the Allied assault onWalcheren, which defended theScheldt estuary and port ofAntwerp. She then returned to convoy escort and patrol duties in the North Sea.
In August 1945, she attended the first British Navy week in a foreign port, in Rotterdam. Also there were the cruiserHMSBellona, and the destroyerOnslow as well as the submarineTuna. Foreign vessels included two of theDutch Navy submarines of the T-class,Dolfijn andZeehond.[1]
After August 1945 she was used as an accommodation ship atChatham.[2] She was subsequently placed in reserve. She was then sold toThos. W. Ward for scrap. She arrived for scrapping at Barrow on 25 August 1958.
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