Allied Warships
HMS Escapade (H 17)
Destroyer of the E class
HMS Escapade during the war as modified for escort duties
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | E |
| Pennant | H 17 |
| Built by | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 30 Mar 1933 |
| Launched | 30 Jan 1934 |
| Commissioned | 30 Aug 1934 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 26 November 1946. Commanding Officers: Cdr. Richard Edmund Hyde-Smith, RN Cdr. Edmund Neville Vincent Currey, DSC, RN Lt.Cdr. Edward Copson Peake, RN HMS Escapade was in Dockyard Control during repair Lt.Cdr. Home Ronald Archibald Kidston, RN |
Commands listed for HMS Escapade (H 17)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Cdr. Harry Robert Graham, RN | 31 Jul 1939 | Late 1940 | |
| 2 | Cdr. Richard Edmund Hyde-Smith, RN | Late 1940 | Feb 1941 | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Edmund Neville Vincent Currey, DSC, RN | Feb 1941 | 1 Dec 1942 | |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Edward Copson Peake, RN | 1 Dec 1942 | ??? | |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. Home Ronald Archibald Kidston, RN | 30 Oct 1944 | 11 Dec 1945 | |
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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.