H.M.S. Forester (1934)

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H.M.S. Forester (1934)
Pendant Number: H74
Builder: J. Samuel White
Launched: 28 Jun, 1934[1]
Broken up: 1947[2]
H.M.S. Forester was one of eighteen "E" and "F" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Forester was launched on 28 June, 1934. Two of her sisters were launched the same day at the Barrow yard of Vickers-Armstrong: Fame and Firedrake.[3]

Forester was commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 April, 1935.[4]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 March, 1936 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  3. "Destroyer Launches." The Times (London, England), 28 June 1934, p. 9.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 241.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 240.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 240.
  7. "Command of the Forester." The Times (London, England), Thursday, March 25, 1937, Issue 47642, p.4.
  8. "Command of the Forester." The Times (London, England), Thursday, March 25, 1937, Issue 47642, p.4.
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"E" and "F" Class Destroyer
"E" Class Leader
  Exmouth  
Destroyers
  Echo Eclipse Electra Encounter  
  Escapade Escort Esk Express  
"F" Class Leader
  Faulknor  
Destroyers
  Fame Fearless Firedrake Forester  
  Foresight Fortune Foxhound Fury  
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