HMS Hardy

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HMS Hardy was a British Royal Navy H-class destroyer that served as the flotilla leader in several early World War II operations, including the Battle of Narvik.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf H-class destroyer
Royal Navy destroyer
armament 2 × quadruple 0.5-inch Vickers machine guns
2 × quadruple 21-inch torpedo tubes
4 × 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns
depth charges
awardedToCrew Victoria Cross (to Bernard Warburton-Lee) NERFINISHED
beam 33 ft
builder Cammell Laird NERFINISHED
causeOfLoss battle damage
classLeadShipOf H-class destroyer flotilla leaders
commandingOfficer Captain Bernard Warburton-Lee NERFINISHED
commissionedDate 1936-12-10
conflict World War II
country United Kingdom
crewComplement 145
dateOfSinking 1940-04-10
displacementDeepLoad 1883 long tons
displacementStandard 1350 long tons
draught 12 ft
era early World War II
fate sunk
flotillaLeaderOf 2nd Destroyer Flotilla NERFINISHED
hullNumber H87 NERFINISHED
laidDownDate 1935-12-30
launchDate 1936-04-07
lengthOverall 323 ft
maximumSpeed 36 knots
namedAfter Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy NERFINISHED
navalTheatre North Sea NERFINISHED
Norwegian waters
operator Royal Navy
participatedIn First Battle of Narvik NERFINISHED
Norwegian Campaign NERFINISHED
Second Battle of Narvik NERFINISHED
pennantNumber H87 NERFINISHED
placeOfSinking Ofotfjord NERFINISHED
near Narvik
powerOutput 34000 shp
propulsion Admiralty 3-drum boilers NERFINISHED
steam turbines
range 5530 nmi at 15 knots
role flotilla leader
serviceEntry interwar period
shipClass H-class destroyer
shipyardLocation Birkenhead NERFINISHED

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London Gazette Victoria Cross citation describesCommandOfRecipient HMS Hardy
subject surface form: London Gazette Victoria Cross citation for Bernard Warburton-Lee