H.M.S. Egret
L.75
1938
(Spider Navy SN 2-02)
- Class: Egret class - 3 sloops of 1937
- Displacement: 1,250 tons light / 1,680 tons full load
- Dimensions: 292'6" x 37'6" x 11'
- Machinery: Geared turbines, 2-shaft, S.H.P. 3,600 = 19.25 knots
- Armament: 8-4in QF Mk XVI (4x2) AA, 4-.50cal (1x4) MG
- Complement: 188
- Builder: J. Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight
- Laid Down: 21 Jul 1937
- Launched: 31 May 1938
- Completed: 10 Nov 1938
- Notes: While serving with the 1st Support Group on anti-U-boat patrol in the Bay of Biscay, she was sunk by a German Hs 293 glide bomb dropped from a Do 217 aircraft, 27 Aug 1943, thus making her the first ship to be sunk by a guided missile.
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