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HMS Escapade (H 17)

Destroyer of the E class


HMS Escapade during the war as modified for escort duties

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassE 
PennantH 17 
Built byScotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down30 Mar, 1933 
Launched30 Jan, 1934 
Commissioned30 Aug, 1934 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySold to be broken up for scrap on 26 November 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Harry Robert Graham, RN
31 July 1939 – ??? late 1940 ???
DSO awarded on 9 July 1940

Cdr. Richard E. Hyde-Smith, RN
??? late 1940 ??? – February 1941

Cdr. Edmund Neville Vincent Currey, DSC, RN
February 1941 – 1 December 1942
(Note Cdr. Currey briefly commanded HMS Somali while HMS Escapade was undergoing a brief refit in August 1942)

Lt.Cdr. E.C. Peake, RN
1 December 1942 - ???

HMS Escapade was in Dockyard Control during repair

Lt.Cdr. H.R.A. Kidston, RN
30 October 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Escapade include:

5 Dec, 1939
HMS Escapade (Cdr. H.R. Graham, RN) picks up 37 survivors from the British merchant Navasota that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-47 about 150 miles west of Bishop Rock in position 50º43'N, 10º16'W.


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