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HMS Gravelines (D24)

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HMS Gravelines (D24) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Battle of Gravelines, which took place in 1588, resulting in the English Navy defeating the Spanish Armada. Gravelines was built by Cammel Laird of Birkenhead. She was launched on the on 30 November 1944 and commissioned on the on 14 June 1946.

Upon commission, Gravelines was placed in Reserve along with a number of her other sister-ships. In 1949, Gravelines joined the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla , which joined the Mediterranean Fleet. Gravelines would not return home to the UK until she and the rest of the 3rd Destroyed Flotilla left the Mediterranean Fleet in 1954.

In 1955, Gravelines, with the rest of the 3rd Flotilla, returned once again to the Mediterranean, and was in the area during the Suez Crisis, which had occurred in response to the Egyptian President Nasser's nationalisation of the Suez Canal. That same year, Gravelines returned to a more colder climate, when she, along with the rest of the Flotilla, joined the Home Fleet, based in the UK. In 1957, Gravelines began a refit, though it was cancelled the following year. In 1961, Gravelines was scrapped.

See HMS Gravelines for other ships of the name.

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