H.M.S. Griffin (1935)

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H.M.S. Griffin (1935)
Pendant Number: H31
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow[1]
Launched: 15 Aug, 1935[2]
Broken up: 1946[3]
H.M.S. Griffin was one of thirty-five "G","H" and "I" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Griffin collided with one of her tugs as she left Barrow-in-Furness under tow to trials on 5 January, 1936. The damage was slight, and repairs were to take less than a week.[4]

Commissioned on 6 March, 1936 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[5]

On 20 March 1943, Griffin was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and was renamed H.M.C.S. Ottawa.

Ottawa was decommissioned on 31 October 1945 and scrapped early the next year.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  4. "New Destroyer Damaged." The Times (London, England), January 6, 1936, Issue 47264, p.16.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 246.
  6. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), January 11, 1936, Issue 47269, p.6.
  7. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  8. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  9. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. Uboat.net page on the ship.


"G", "H" and "I" Class Destroyer
"G" Class Leader
  Grenville  
Destroyers
  Gallant Garland Gipsy Glowworm  
  Grafton Grenade Greyhound Griffin  
"H" Class Leader
  Hardy  
Destroyers
  Hasty Havock Hereward Hero  
  Hostile Hotspur Hunter Hyperion  
Brazilian "H" Destroyers
  Harvester Havant Havelock  
  Hesperus Highlander Hurricane  
"I" Class Leader
  Inglefield  
Destroyers
  Icarus Ilex Imogen Imperial  
  Impulsive Intrepid Isis Ivanhoe  
Turkish "I" Destroyers
  Inconstant Ithuriel  
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