HMS Isis (D87)

HMS Isis (D87)

HMS "Isis" (pennant number D87, later I87) was an I-class destroyer laid down by the Yarrow and Company, at Scotstoun in Glasgow on 6 February 1936, launched on 12 November 1936 and commissioned on 2 June 1937.

"Isis" was involved in the evacuation of Greece in April 1941, and attacked and sank the enemy German submarine "U-562" while in company with the frigate HMS|Hursley|L84|6 and a Wellington aircraft of the Royal Air Force in the Mediterranean north-east of Bengazi on 19 February 1943.

The ship was hit in 1941 off Beirut, Lebanon after the Battle of Crete. The ship pursued two French destroyers which escaped. The ship was then hit by a Ju-88 aircraft, and severely damaged. The ship began to be towed by the HMS|Hero|H99|6 to Haifa, Palestine. The tow rope snapped, yet the engines were started and successfully arrived at Haifa.

"Isis" struck a mine or was hit by a German Neger human torpedo and sank off the Normandy beaches on 20 July 1944.


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