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HMS Bruce (D81)

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Name
  
HMS Bruce

Ordered
  
April 1916

Commissioned
  
29 May 1918

Launched
  
26 February 1918

Draft
  
3.81 m

Namesake
  
Robert the Bruce

Laid down
  
12 May 1917

Construction started
  
12 May 1917

Length
  
101 m

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Fate
  
Sunk as target off the Isle of Wight, 22 November 1939

HMS Bruce was the second of eight Admiralty type flotilla leaders of the Royal Navy. Built by Cammell Laird, Bruce was commissioned on 29 May 1918. During World War I, she served with the 10th Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich. She was sunk as a target ship on 22 November 1939.

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HMS Bruce (D81) Wikipedia