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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Eclipse''''' was one of eighteen [["E" and "F" Class Destroyer (1934)|"E" and "F" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Eclipse''''' was one of eighteen [["E" and "F" Class Destroyer (1934)|"E" and "F" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
==Service==
''Eclipse'' was mobilized in August 1914 for service with Cruiser Force G ({{UK-CS|12}}) covering the Western Approaches to the English Channel{{UKNSMonoX|p. 54}}.  With her squadron sent to Halifax as close escort for the Canadian Troop Convoy to the UK on 11th September 1914, which arrived in Plymouth on 13th October 1914.{{UKNSMonoIX|pp. 91-97}}  Temporary Flagship for the Squadron whilst ''{{UK-Euryalus}}'' was refitting from 31st October 1914.{{UKNSMonoIX|p. 100}} 
''Eclipse'' was paid off and disarmed at Devonport in March 1915.<ref>War Vessels and aircraft (British and foreign): monthly return showing distribution, Jan - Apr{{TNA|ADM 186/12.|C2487922}} April p. 14.</ref>


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 13:42, 27 February 2018

H.M.S. Eclipse (1934)
Builder: Denny
Launched: 12 Apr, 1934[1]
Sunk: 24 Oct, 1943[2]

H.M.S. Eclipse was one of eighteen "E" and "F" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.


"E" and "F" Class Destroyer
"E" Class Leader
  Exmouth  
Destroyers
  Echo Eclipse Electra Encounter  
  Escapade Escort Esk Express  
"F" Class Leader
  Faulknor  
Destroyers
  Fame Fearless Firedrake Forester  
  Foresight Fortune Foxhound Fury  
<– "C" and "D" Class Destroyers (UK) "G", "H" and "I" Class –>