HMS Strongbow

Last updated December 28, 2021

A number of ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Strongbow, including:

HMS Strongbow (1916), an R-class destroyer, launched in 1916 and sunk in combat in 1917.
HMS Strongbow (P235), an S-class submarine, in commission from 1943 to 1945.

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HMS Strongbow was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Scotts, of Greenock and launched on 30 August 1943.

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HMS Strongbow was an M-class destroyer built for the British Royal Navy during the First World War. The ship was launched in September 1916 and entered service in November that year. Stongbow was sunk on 17 October 1917 by the German light cruisers SMS Bremse and Brummer in the North Sea, when escorting a convoy of merchant ships from Norway.

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