HMS Express

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Ship	HMS Express

Operated By Country	Great Britain
Unit Type	Ship
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Ship Class	HMS E Class
Ship Type	Destroyer
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Postings	0

	Abbreviation
	H61

Units
	Operated By Country
	Great Britain

Ships
	Built By Shipbuilder	Laid Down YMD	Launch YMD	Commissioned YMD	Final YMD	On Slip	Fitting Out	Total Building	Life Year
	Swan Hunter	1933 Mar 23	1934 May 29	1934 Oct 31	1943 Jun 03	432day	155day	587day	8.59yr

Ships
	Transferred To Country
	Canada

Activities
Involved In Activity	as	Details
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.
1941 12 10 0100 Air Strike Sinking Of Repulse And Prince Of Wales South China Sea	N

Assignments
1) Covered By Assignment	2) 1: Assign To Unit	3) 2: Covered By Assignment	4) 3: Assign To Unit
1934_Nov_29 HMS Echo - HMS Eclipse - HMS Electra - HMS Encounter - HMS Escapade - HMS Escort - HMS Esk - - HMS Exmouth - RN 5th Destroyer Flotilla	RN 5th Destroyer Flotilla	1940_Jan_01 - RN Home Fleet	RN Home Fleet
	RN 5th Destroyer Flotilla	1945_Jan_01 - RN Mediterranean Fleet	RN Mediterranean Fleet
1939-Dec-01 HMS Esk - - 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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