HMS Firedrake (H79)
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hms-firedrake-h79-278-2317981
title:
HMS Firedrake (H79)
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HMS Firedrake was an F-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the early 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion, the ship was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1935–36 during the Abyssinia Crisis. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39, she spent much time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. Several weeks after the start of the Second World War in September 1939, Firedrake helped to sink a
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An F-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the early 1930s
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Firedrake_(H79)
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2024-04-14T15:13:34Z
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