HMS Grenville
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Four Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Grenville. Vice Admiral Sir Richard Grenville was an Elizabethan sailor, explorer, and soldier:
- Grenville, a 12 gun schooner of 69 tons purchased in Newfoundland on 7 June 1763, having formerly been called Sally, and used as a survey vessel. Broken up in Match 1775.
- Grenville, a destroyer leader launched on 17 June 1916 and sold in December 1931.
- Grenville, a G-class destroyer launched on 15 August 1935 and sunk 19 January 1940.
- Grenville, a U class destroyer, launched 12 October 1942, and disposed of in 1979.
The Royal Canadian Navy also operated a fishery protection vessel, HMCS Grenville, launched in Toronto in 1915.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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