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HMS Hereward (H93)

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'''HMS ''Hereward'' (H93)''', named after Hereward the Wake, was an G and H class destroyer H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 28 February 1935, launched on 10 March 1936 and commissioned on 9 December 1936. ''Hereward'' participated in the Battle of Calabria in July 1940, the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941 and the evacuation of Greece in April 1941. ''Hereward'' was attacked by enemy Germany German and Italian dive bombers as she evacuated Commonwealth of Nations British Commonwealth forces from Crete and sank in Kaso Strait east of Crete on 19 May 1941. See HMS Hereward HMS ''Hereward'' for other ships of this name. Category:G and H class destroyers Hereward