HMS Imogen

HMS Imogen (D44)

Navy:	Royal Navy
Type:	Destroyer
Class:	I
Pennant:	D 44
Built by:	Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.)
Ordered:	14 Nov, 1935
Laid down:	18 Jan, 1936
Launched:	30 Oct, 1936
Commissioned:	2 Jun, 1937
Complement:	145
Lost:	16 July, 1940 (c 58-30'N, 3-00'W) Western Europe, off Pentland Firth, North Scotland HMS Imogen collided with the British light cruiser HMS Glasgow and caught fire and was abandoned off Duncansby Head, Scotland.
History:	13 Oct, 1939 The German submarine U-42 was sunk south-west of Ireland, in position 49.12N, 16.00W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Imogen and HMS Ilex. 25 Feb, 1940 The German submarine U-63 tried to attack convoy HN-14, in doing so she was sighted by the British submarine HMS Narwhal. The escorting destroyers HMS Escort, HMS Inglefield and HMS Imogen were warned. They located, attacked and sank U-63 with depth charges south east of the Shetland Islands.