- HMS Sikh (F82)
HMS Sikh was a Tribal class
destroyer of the Fourth destroyerflotilla of theRoyal Navy . She was built byAlexander Stephen and Sons in Glasgow and commissioned in 1938. In 1941, while under the command of Commander Stokes, she took part in the sinking of the German battleship "Bismarck" in 1941 (see ORP "Piorun" for the destroyers' role). The night before Bismarck was sunk she fired asalvo of fourtorpedo es and claimed a hit after hearingunderwater explosion s, but actually there were no hits.Richard Guy Ormand Hudson served as sub-lieutenant onboard the "Sikh" during the sinking of the "Bismarck" before being promoted to lieutenant.HMS "
Sikh " transferred to the Mediterranean serving as part ofForce H . On 13 December 1941, "Sikh" together with HMS "Legion", HMS "Maori" and HMNLS "Issac Sweers" sunk the Italian Cruisers "Alberico di Barbiano" and "Alberto di Giussano".On 4 August 1942 HMS "Sikh" together with HMS "Zulu", HMS "Croome" and HMS "Trescott" sunk the German submarine "U-372" off
Haifa .On 14 September 1942 "Sikh" and HMS "Zulu" covered a commando raid on
Tobruk . HMS "Sikh" was hit and sunk by shore batteries - 115 men were lost. HMS "Zulu" was damaged and sunk by bombing the following day.External links
* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4434.html Uboat.net]
* [http://www.hmscavalier.org.uk/G82/ HMS Cavalier.org]
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