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HMS Imogen (D44)

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HMS Imogen
History
RN EnsignUK
NameHMS Imogen
BuilderHawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down18 January 1936
Launched30 October 1936
Commissioned2 June 1937
FateSunk by collision 16 July 1940
General characteristics
Class and typeI class destroyer
Service record
Victories: Sank U-42 (1939) and U-63 (1940)

HMS Imogen (D44) was a British Royal Navy I-class destroyer that served during World War II.

Imogen attacked and sank the enemy German submarines U-42 south-west of Ireland on 13 October 1939 in company with the destroyer HMS Ilex, and U-63 in the North Sea while in company with the destroyer HMS Inglefield and the submarine HMS Narwhal on 25 February 1940. She collided with the cruiser HMS Glasgow and sank off Pentland Firth on 16 July 1940.

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