HMS Grove (L 77)
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| Name | HMS Grove (L 77) | ||
| Type: | Destroyer (Hunt Type II) | ||
| Tonnage | 1.050 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 12 Jun, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-77 (Heinrich Schonder) | ||
| Position | 32.05N, 25.30E - Grid CO 9131 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 170 officers and men (110 dead and 60 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | MW-11 | ||
| Route | Alexandria - Malta | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | On 27 Mar, 1942, U-587 was sunk by depth charges in position 47°21N/21°39W by HMS Grove (L 77), HMS Aldenham (L 22), HMS Volunteer (D 71) and HMS Leamington (G 19) of the 2nd Escort Group, escorting the troop convoy WS-17. The U-boat was located after a HF/DF fix by HMS Keppel (D 84). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.37 hours on 12 Jun, 1942, HMS Grove (L 77) (Cdr J.W. Rylands, RN) was hit by two torpedoes from U-77 and sunk north off Sollum. Two officers and 108 ratings were lost. The destroyer had been part of the eastern convoy MW-11 under Rear Admiral P.J. Vian during the Operation Vigorous, a supply convoy to Malta. | ||
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