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HMS Ithuriel (H 05)

Destroyer of the I class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassI 
PennantH 05 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Ordered14 Nov, 1935 
Laid down24 May, 1939 
Launched24 Feb, 1941 
Commissioned3 Mar, 1942 
Lost28 Nov, 1942 
Loss position
 
HistoryAquired 14th November 1941 as the Turkish Gayret (one of 4 Turkish-ordered ships of this class being completed in England).

HMS Ithuriel (Lt.Cdr. David Hugh Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, DSO, DSC, RN) was bombed by German aircraft at Bone, Algeria. Damaged beyond repair.

Commanding Officer:
Lt.Cdr. David Hugh Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, DSC, RN
3 February 1942 - 28 November 1942
DSO awarded on 1 September 1942 

Former nameGayret

Noteable events involving Ithuriel include:

12 Aug, 1942
The Italian submarine Cobalto was rammed and sunk off Bizerta, Tunisia after being forced to surface after being depth charged by the British destroyers HMS Ithuriel (Lt.Cdr. D.H. Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, DSC, RN) and HMS Pathfinder (Cdr. E.A. Gibbs, DSO and Bar, RN). It was Ithuriel that rammed the submarine.


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