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Canadian River Class Destroyers Converted from E and F Class Destroyers: HMS Express, Hmcs Saskatchewan, Hmcs Qu'appelle, Hmcs Gatineau


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Chapters: Hms Express, Hmcs Saskatchewan, Hmcs Qu'appelle, Hmcs Gatineau. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: HMS Express (H61) was an E class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was one of 18 'E' and 'F' class destroyers to be built. She was launched on 29 May 1934. She had an overall length of 100 m, displacement of 1,375 tons, and a maximum speed of 35.5 knots (66 km/h). Her design was similar to the 'C' and 'D' classes of 1931, but with an improved hull form, modified bridge, three boiler rooms instead of two, and 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns that could elevate to 40 degrees (vs. 30 degrees on earlier classes). She cost approximately GBP 300,000 to build. She and her sister Esk were fitted as minelayers. Unlike the others of the class, Esk and Express had tripod mainmasts and carried their ship's boats on the foredeck. On the outbreak of war in September 1939 during the Invasion of Poland, Express was assigned to the 20th (Minelaying) Destroyer Flotilla, initially based at Portsmouth before moving to Immingham on the North Sea. Express spent the first year of the war laying defensive minefields in British waters and offensive minefields off enemy coasts with the 20th Flotilla. In September 1939 she took the Duke and Duchess of Windsor from Portsmouth to Cherbourg. In late May 1940, Express was one of several dozen destroyers ordered to help evacuate the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, and was one of the first to arrive and begin taking troops off the beaches. Later troops were taken off from Dunkirk harbour. The Express and the destroyer Shikari were the last ships to leave Dunkirk with troops before the evacuation ended on June 4th. She brought out 2,795 troops over the course of the evacuation. She was damaged by bombing, but was hastily re...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=746636


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158250097
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 24
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 50 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158250096
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: HMS Express, Hmcs Saskatchewan, Hmcs Qu'appelle, Hmcs Gatineau
  • Width: 229 mm


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