HMS Ivanhoe was an I-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, the ship enforced the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides as part of the Mediterranean Fleet.

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ivanhoe. The first HMS Ivanhoe, a destroyer renamed HMS Lawford whilst still under construction in 1913; The second HMS Ivanhoe (D16), an I-class destroyer launched 1937, sunk 1 September 1940

HMS IVANHOE (D 16) - I-class Destroyer including Convoy Escort Movements. Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net

Shortly after passing the damaged destroyer HMS Ivanhoe, the commander received a signal from Dover Command telling him to return to port. With the losses suffered in its destroyer force, the Admiralty called off daylight evacuation for its larger ships.

Oct 9, 2017 · HMS Ivanhoe (Cdr. Philip Henry Hadow, RN) was mined and damaged in the North Sea about 40 nautical miles north-east of Texel island, The Netherlands. She was sunk later that day in position 53º25'N, 03º48'E by HMS Kelvin.

HMS Ivanhoe The Texel Disaster took place off the Dutch coast on the night of 31 August 1940 and involved the sinking of two Royal Navy destroyers and damage to a third and a light cruiser. The disaster was caused by a destroyer flotilla running into an unmarked minefield, which caused serious damage to one vessel; two

31 Aug, 1940 On 31 August 1940 a group of destroyers sailed from Immingham on a mine-laying mission off the Dutch coast. The minelayers were from the 20th Destroyer Flotilla and consisted of the destroyers HMS Express, HMS Esk, HMS Icarus, HMS Intrepid and HMS Ivanhoe.

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HMS Ivanhoe (D16) was an I-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Upon commissioning she was placed in the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla. She trained with France through January 1938 but had problems with her superheaters, causing her to leave.

the end of hms ivanhoe. september 1940, on board hms kelvin, off texel, netherlands. hms ivanhoe which was damaged by an enemy mine or torpedo while the flotilla was laying mines off texel on 1 september 1940, was torpedoed and sunk by another destroyer of …