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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Hardy |
| Ordered | 12 December 1934 |
| Builder | Cammell Laird and Company at Birkenhead |
| Cost | £278,482 |
| Laid down | 30 May 1935 |
| Launched | 7 April 1936 |
| Commissioned | 11 December 1936 |
| Fate | Beached, 10 April 1940. Later capsized and became a total loss. |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 337 ft (102.7 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10.4 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
| Installed power | 38,000 shp (28,000 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| 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 |
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HMS Hardy was the flotilla leader for the H-class destroyers, built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 the ship spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. Hardy was transferred to Freetown, Sierra Leone, in October 1939 to hunt for German commerce raiders in the South Atlantic with Force K. After returning to the United Kingdom in early 1940, the ship became flagship of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla assigned to the Home Fleet. During the Norwegian campaign of 1940, Hardy participated in the First Battle of Narvik where she sank one German destroyer. As the British ships were withdrawing, they were discovered by two other German destroyers that so badly damaged Hardy that she had to be run aground to stop her from sinking. The ship was lifted by a rising tide and eventually capsized.