H.M.S. Ivanhoe (1937)

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H.M.S. Ivanhoe (1937)
Pendant Number: D16
Builder: Yarrow & Company[1]
Launched: 11 Feb, 1937[2]
Sunk: 1 Sep, 1940[3]
H.M.S. Ivanhoe was one of thirty-five "G","H" and "I" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commander Findlay took the newly completed Ivanhoe out toward the Mediterranean on 11 September 1937, destined to replace Arrow in the Third Destroyer Flotilla The ship was due at Malta on 17 September.[4]

Captains

Perhaps Talbot was not in command of the ship itself?

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. "Mediterranean Destroyers." The Times (London, England), 11 Sept. 1937, p. 15.
  5. "Command of the Ivanhoe." The Times (London, England), 5 Aug. 1937, p. 6.
  6. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  7. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  8. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  9. 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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