- HMS Dunkirk (D09)
HMS "Dunkirk" (D09) was a later or 1943 Battle-class fleet
destroyer of the BritishRoyal Navy (RN). Though there were other ships of the Navy that had been named "Dunkirk", as far back as the 1650s, it held added meaning after the dramatic, and at times, tragic and heroic evacuation from Dunkirk between late May and early June1940 , in which over 300,000 British, as well as French troops, were rescued by a ragtag fleet of ships."Dunkirk" was built by
Alexander Stephen and Sons ofGovan . She was launched on27 August 1945 and commissioned on27 November 1946 .In the year of her commissioning, "Dunkirk" joined the
4th Destroyer Flotilla of theHome Fleet . In1950 , "Dunkirk" was placed in Reserve, just many of her sister-ships in the1950s . She subsequently performed a variety of duties and in1958 , while in theMediterranean , "Dunkirk", in broad daylight, collided with her sister-ship HMS|Jutland|D62|6 during naval manoeuvres offMalta , causing minor damage.In
1961 , "Dunkirk", along with the cruiser HMS|Lion|C34|6 and the frigate HMS|Leopard|F14|6, undertook a tour of theSouth America n continent. Instead of returning home to the UK from the deployment's culmination "Dunkirk" deployed to the Mediterranean where HMS|Broadsword|D31|6, a Weapon-class destroyer, and of the7th Destroyer Squadron , which was based in the Mediterranean, had experienced some engine problems and therefore had to be replaced. "Dunkirk" finally returned home in1963 . Just two years later, "Dunkirk" was scrapped atFaslane .References
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