HMS Grenade (H86)

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HMS Grenade (H86) was a G-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Alexander Stephen and Sons at Linthouse in Scotland on 3 October 1934, launched on 12 November 1935 and completed on 28 March 1936. Grenade was attacked by German Ju-87 dive bombers as she evacuated Allied troops during the Battle of Dunkirk and sank in the English Channel on 29 May 1940.

[edit] See also

• List of shipwrecks in 1940

[edit] External links

• HMS Grenade (H 86) at uboat.net

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