HMS Legion
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HMS Legion was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She entered service during the Second World War, and had a short but eventful career, serving in Home waters and the Mediterranean. She was sunk in an air attack on Malta in 1942. The ship had been adopted by the British civil community of the Municipal Borough of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in November 1941.
1940
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G74
speed 36 knot, length 110.5 metre, draft 3.05 metre, beam 11.2 metre,
Royal Navy, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, 
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1940-12-19T00:00:00Z
1940-12-19T00:00:00Z
1940 HMS Legion
1938-11-01T00:00:00Z
1938-11-01T00:00:00Z
keel laying
1940-12-19T00:00:00Z
1940-12-19T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1939-12-26T00:00:00Z
1939-12-26T00:00:00Z
ship launching
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HMS Laforey Ark Royal
HMS Legion
Officers on the bridge of HMS LEGION during the raid on the Lofoten Islands in Norway, 5 March 1941. A3377Officers on the bridge of HMS LEGION during the raid on the Lofoten Islands in Norway, 5 March 1941. A3377
HMS Legion Lofoten raids
HMS Ark Royal sinking
HMS Ark Royal sinking 2| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | HMS Laforey Ark Royal | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HMS Legion | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Officers on the bridge of HMS LEGION during the raid on the Lofoten Islands in Norway, 5 March 1941. A3377 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Officers on the bridge of HMS LEGION during the raid on the Lofoten Islands in Norway, 5 March 1941. A3377 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HMS Legion Lofoten raids | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HMS Ark Royal sinking | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HMS Ark Royal sinking 2 | Commons | ||
