HMS Grenville

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 March 1775.
• Grenville, a destroyer leader launched on 17 June 1916 and sold in December 1931.
• Grenville, a G-class destroyer leader 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.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.