Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Escort destroyer |
Class | Hunt (Type II) |
Pennant | L 26 |
Built by | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
Ordered | 20 Dec 1939 |
Laid down | 25 May 1940 |
Launched | 23 Jul 1941 |
Commissioned | 28 Aug 1946 |
End service | |
History | Loaned to the Polish Navy before completion as Slazak on 30 April 1942. She was returned to the Royal Navy on 28 August 1946. Loaned to the Royal Indian Navy on 27 April 1953. Renamed Godavari (D 92), served as destroyer until April 1959 when she was finally bought by India. Then reclassified as frigate served with old tactical number until 1979 when Godavari was scrapped. |
Career notes | To the Polish Navy as Slazak |
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