HMS Dundee (L84)
HMS Dundee was a Shoreham-class sloop of the British Royal Navy. The ship was built at Chatham Dockyard, entering service in 1933.
HMS Dundee (L84) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Dundee |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down | 11 December 1931 |
| Launched | 20 September 1932 |
| Commissioned | 31 March 1933 |
| Identification | Pennant number: L84 |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 on 15 September 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,105 long tons (1,123 t) |
| Length | 281 ft (86 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 2,000 shp (1,491 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
| Complement | 95 |
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The ship saw service primarily as a convoy escort in the Atlantic. She was sunk by a German submarine while escorting one of these convoys in September 1940.
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