HMS Grimsby (U16)

Grimsby in 1934
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Grimsby
Ordered	1 November 1932
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	23 January 1933
Launched	19 July 1933
Completed	17 May 1934
Motto	"Premia post ardus"[1] ("Rewards come after toil")
Honours and awards	Greece 1941, Crete 1941, Libya 1941[1]
Fate	Sunk 25 May 1941
General characteristics
Class and type	Grimsby-class sloop
Displacement	990 long tons (1,010 t) standard
Length	266 ft 3 in (81.15 m) o/a
Beam	36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (full load)
Propulsion	Two Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers Parsons geared steam turbines Two shafts 2,000 shp (1,500 kW)
Speed	16.5 kn (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	100
Armament	2 × 4.7 in (120 mm) Mark IX guns 1 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun 4 × 3-pounder guns

HMS Grimsby was a sloop of the British Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class. Grimsby was built in the 1930s, entering service in 1934. Serving most of her pre-war service at Hong Kong, Grimsby was deployed on convoy escort duties along the East coast of the Britain and in the Mediterranean Sea during the Second World War, and was sunk by dive bombers off Tobruk on 25 May 1941.