HMS Grenville (H03)

Grenville in 1935
History
United Kingdom
Name	Grenville
Namesake	Richard Grenville
Ordered	15 March 1934
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilding Company, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Cost	£275,412
Laid down	29 September 1934
Launched	15 August 1935
Completed	1 July 1936
Identification	Pennant number: H03
Motto	Deo Patriae Amicis (Latin :"For God, Country, and Friends")
Fate	Sunk by mine, 19 January 1940
General characteristics
Class and type	G-class flotilla leader
Displacement	1,455 long tons (1,478 t) (standard) 2,053 long tons (2,086 t) (deep load)
Length	330 ft (100.6 m)
Beam	34 ft 6 in (10.5 m)
Draught	12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers 38,000 shp (28,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,530 nmi (10,240 km; 6,360 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	175
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	5 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 2 × quadruple 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers

HMS Grenville was the flotilla leader for the G-class destroyers, built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. She spent most of the pre-war period as part of the Mediterranean Fleet. The ship was transferred to the British Isles to escort shipping in local waters shortly after the beginning of World War II. In January 1940, Grenville struck a mine outside the Thames Estuary and sank with the loss of 77 of her crew.