HMS Hardy (R08)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hardy.

Hardy in August 1943
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hardy
Ordered1 September 1941
BuilderJohn Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Laid down14 May 1942
Launched18 March 1943
CommissionedAugust 1943
IdentificationPennant number:R08
Honours and
awards		Arctic 1943-44
FateScuttled after being torpedoed on 30 January 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeV-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,777 long tons (1,806 t) standard
  • 2,058 long tons (2,091 t) full load
Length363 ft (111 m)
Beam35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Draught10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers
  • Geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29,828 kW)
  • 2 shafts
Speed37 knots (43 mph; 69 km/h)
Range4,860 nmi (9,000 km) at 29 kn (54 km/h)
Complement180 (225 in flotilla leader)
Armament

HMS Hardy was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War.

History

Hardy was built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, laid down on 14 May 1942, launched 18 March 1943, and completed 14 August 1943.

While escorting Convoy JW 56A during the Second World War, Hardy was torpedoed and damaged in the Arctic Ocean at 73°40′N 24°30′E / 73.667°N 24.500°E / 73.667; 24.500 by the German submarine U-278 on 30 January 1944 with the loss of 35 crew members. The British destroyers HMS Venus [1] and HMS Virago rescued her survivors and sank her. HMS Virago sustained damage to her bow while in contact with Hardy which was later repaired by Russian workers while at the convoy destination in Murmansk.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Naval Events, January–December 1944 (in outline only)". Naval History. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  2. ^ IWM oral history Pratt, James William

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