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Ship
HMS Esk
Operated By
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Great Britain
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Ship Class
HMS E Class
Ship Type
Destroyer
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0
Abbreviation
H15
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Great Britain
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Life
Year
Swan Hunter
1933 Mar 23
1934 Mar 19
1934 Sep 26
1940 Sep 01
361day
191day
552day
5.93yr
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1940 04 09 0550 Surface Action Renown Vs Scharnhorst Gneisenau Norwegian Sea
N
1940 May 27 British Evacuation Operation Dynamo Dunkerque
N
Many minor vessels have not been entered.
Aim:
To rescue as many British and French soldiers as possible.
39 destroyers, 36 minesweepers, 77 trawlers, 26 yachts and many smaller vessels were involved.
Result:
220000 British and 120000 French soldiers were rescued but 235 ships were lost.
Most of the rescued French soldiers returned to France after the French surrender.
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1934_Nov_29 HMS Echo - HMS Eclipse - HMS Electra - HMS Encounter - HMS Escapade - HMS Escort - - HMS Express - HMS Exmouth - RN 5th Destroyer Flotilla
RN 5th Destroyer Flotilla
1940_Jan_01 - RN Home Fleet
RN Home Fleet
1945_Jan_01 - RN Mediterranean Fleet
RN Mediterranean Fleet
1939-Dec-01 - HMS Express - HMS Icarus - HMS Impulsive - HMS Isis - HMS Ivanhoe - RN 20th Destroyer Flotilla
RN 20th Destroyer Flotilla
1940-Jan-01 - BR Portsmouth
BR Portsmouth
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