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HMS Afridi
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Afridi.
- The first Afridi was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Company at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1905, launched on 8 May 1907 and completed on 10 September 1909. Afridi was sold for scrap to F. Wilkinson on 9 December 1912.
- The second Afridi (L07/F07), launched in 1937, was a destroyer of another Tribal class. She was sunk by German air attack on 3 May 1940 during the evacuation of British forces from Namsos in Norway.
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