Name HMS Grove Commissioned 5 February 1942 Launched 29 May 1941 Draft 2.51 m | Laid down 28 August 1940 Construction started 28 August 1940 Length 85 m | |
Honours andawards ATLANTIC 1942LIBYA 1942ARCTIC 1942 Fate Torpedoed on 12 June 1942 Badge On a Field per fess wavy Red and Blue within a spur rowel upwards White, an escallop Gold | ||
HMS Grove (L77) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She had been completed in early 1942 at the Swan Hunter yard at Wallsend-on-Tyne.
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Initial success
Grove, along with other ships of the 2nd Escort Group, namely Aldenham, Volunteer and Leamington, had sunk the German submarine U-587. This followed a 'Huff Duff' (High frequency Direction finding) interception.
Loss
While escorting convoy MW-11, Grove was hit by two torpedoes fired by U-77 on 12 June 1942. The ship sank with the loss of 110 men. The destroyer Tetcott rescued 79 survivors. She had been returning to Alexandria from Tobruk, having run aground at Tobruk, damaging the port propeller shaft and the screw itself; her speed had been reduced to 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph).
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