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HMS Sikh (F 82) was a Tribal class destroyer that entered service in 1938 and was sunk in September 1942 after Operation Agreement (the raid on Tobruk) during World War II.. HMS Sikh commenced service with the 1st Destroyer Flotilla (1st D.F.). Her builders trials commenced in August 1938 and after being fitted with a gyro-compass and other equipment at Chatham, England she was completed on 2 November 1938 even though she had been commissioned a month earlier. She had a displacement of 1,870 tons with a speed of 36.5 knots, and carried eight 4.7-inch and smaller guns.

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  • HMS Sikh (F 82) was a Tribal class destroyer that entered service in 1938 and was sunk in September 1942 after Operation Agreement (the raid on Tobruk) during World War II.. HMS Sikh commenced service with the 1st Destroyer Flotilla (1st D.F.). Her builders trials commenced in August 1938 and after being fitted with a gyro-compass and other equipment at Chatham, England she was completed on 2 November 1938 even though she had been commissioned a month earlier. She had a displacement of 1,870 tons with a speed of 36.5 knots, and carried eight 4.7-inch and smaller guns.
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  • HMS Sikh (F 82) was a Tribal class destroyer that entered service in 1938 and was sunk in September 1942 after Operation Agreement (the raid on Tobruk) during World War II.. HMS Sikh commenced service with the 1st Destroyer Flotilla (1st D.F.). Her builders trials commenced in August 1938 and after being fitted with a gyro-compass and other equipment at Chatham, England she was completed on 2 November 1938 even though she had been commissioned a month earlier. She had a displacement of 1,870 tons with a speed of 36.5 knots, and carried eight 4.7-inch and smaller guns. HMS Sikh, HMS Gurkha, HMS Afridi and HMS Mohawk were patrolling in the Red Sea when war broke out. The ships quickly returned back to the Mediterranean for convoy escort duty and blockades of Italy and ports of LIbya.. As part of 14th D.F., HMS Sikh, HMS Maori, HMS Legion, and HrMs Isaac Sweers, she took part in the sinking of the Italian cruisers Alberico di Barbiano and Alberto di Giussano off Cape Bon, Tunisia. After a period of rest and refit at Malta, HMS Sikh and HMS Maori took part in the First Battle of Sirte, then operated from Alexandria, Egypt in December. Orders were then issued for HMS Sikh and HMS Maori to return to Malta,and join HMS Zulu and form the 22nd D.F. This force would operate against Axis supply convoys between Italy and North Africa.
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