HMS Skate (H39)
Navy: |
RN |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
Admiralty R |
Pennant: |
H 39 |
Built by: |
John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
Laid down: |
12 Jan, 1916 |
Launched: |
11 Jan, 1917 |
Commissioned: |
19 Feb, 1917 |
History: | She served mainly on Atlantic convoy duties and she also was part of the naval escort forces during the Normandy invasion. |
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 4 March 1947. |