Name HMS Hermione Commissioned 25 March 1941 Construction started 6 October 1937 Length 156 m Beam 15 m | Laid down 6 October 1937 Identification Pennant number 74 Launched 18 May 1939 Draft 4.3 m | |
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Fate Sunk 16 June 1942 by German submarine U-205 Class and type Dido-class light cruiser Builder Alexander Stephen and Sons | ||
HMS Hermione was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, She was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons, (Glasgow, Scotland), with the keel laid down on 6 October 1937. She was launched on 18 May 1939 and commissioned 25 March 1941. On 16 June 1942, Hermione was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-205 in the Mediterranean. Eighty-seven crewmembers perished.
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