HMS Grove

HMS Grove was a destroyer of the Royal Navy. She had been completed in early 1942 at the Swan Hunter yard at Wallsend-on-Tyne.

Service history

Initial success

Grove, along with other ships of the 2nd Escort Group, namely, and, had sunk the German submarine. This followed a 'Huff Duff' interception.

Loss

While escorting Convoy MW 11, Grove was hit by two torpedoes fired by on 12 June 1942. The ship sank with the loss of 110 men. The destroyer rescued 79 survivors. She had been returning to Alexandria from Tobruk, having run aground at Tobruk, damaging the port propeller shaft and the screw itself; her speed had been reduced to.