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HMS Rockwood was a Type III, Hunt class Escort destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers-Armstrongs in Barrow-in-Furness and served during the Second World War. She was damaged in action in November 1943 by a glide bomb, not fully repaired, took no further part in the war and was broken up for scrap in 1946. The "Hunt" class were named after British fox and stag hunts, in this case, the Rockwood Harriers and hounds, based in Roydhouse, West Yorkshire. In January 1942 Rockwood was adopted by the civil community of Luton Rural District of Bedfordshire.

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  • HMS Rockwood was a Type III, Hunt class Escort destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers-Armstrongs in Barrow-in-Furness and served during the Second World War. She was damaged in action in November 1943 by a glide bomb, not fully repaired, took no further part in the war and was broken up for scrap in 1946. The "Hunt" class were named after British fox and stag hunts, in this case, the Rockwood Harriers and hounds, based in Roydhouse, West Yorkshire. In January 1942 Rockwood was adopted by the civil community of Luton Rural District of Bedfordshire. (en)
  • Le HMS Rockwood (pennant number L39) est un destroyer d'escorte de classe Hunt de type III construit pour la Royal Navy pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. (fr)
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  • * 4 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX * 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII * 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III * 2 × tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes * 110 depth charges, 4 throwers, 3 racks (en)
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  • Sicily 1943, Aegean 1943, Atlantic 1944 (en)
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  • *Two x Admiralty 3 drum boilers *Two shaft Parsons geared turbines *19,000 shp (en)
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  • Le HMS Rockwood (pennant number L39) est un destroyer d'escorte de classe Hunt de type III construit pour la Royal Navy pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. (fr)
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