HMS Sikh (F82)
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HMS Sikh was a Tribal class destroyer of the Fourth destroyer flotilla of the Royal Navy. She was built by Alexander 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 a salvo of four torpedoes and claimed a hit after hearing underwater explosions, but in actual fact 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 of Force 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.
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