4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
4 × QF 2-pounder Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
2 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
110 depth charges, 4 throwers, 3 racks
HMS Holcombe was a Type III Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Holcombe Hunt in Lancashire. She was the first and thus far only ship of the Royal Navy named HMS Holcombe.
Built on the Clyde by Alexander Stephen and Sons, she was laid down on 3 April 1941, launched on 14 April 1942 and commissioned on 16 September 1942.[1]
^English, John (1987). The Hunts: a history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. Cumbria: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-44-4.
HMSHolcombe was a Type III Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Holcombe Hunt in Lancashire. She was the first and thus far...
Holcombe may refer to: United Kingdom Holcombe, Greater Manchester Holcombe, East Devon Holcombe, Somerset Holcombe, Teignbridge, Devon Holcombe Manor...
off Norway, the two ships engaged the battlecruiser HMS Renown and sank the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious as well as her escort destroyers Acasta and...
Raider. HMS Ceylon HMS Hermione HMS Kenya Destroyers HMS Noble HMS Nizam HMS Nomad HMS Nonpareil HMS Prince HMS Pylades HMS Sturgeon HMS Sceptre HMS Tormentor...
the late afternoon of July 15, six miles east of the Cani Island, sighted HMS Welshman moving rapidly in the direction of Malta. At 20:00, Axum launched...
the way for Allied ground forces. On 11 December 1943, Niblack joined HMSHolcombe in a search for a German U-boat whose torpedoes had sunk several freighters...
Canteen Service during the Second World War. Posted on the destroyer HMSHolcombe, he was killed in action when the ship was torpedoed by U-593 on 12 December...
torpedoes. On 31 July 1942, the cruiser was attacked by the British submarine HMS Traveller south of the village of Premantura on the Istrian coast, but all...
twin-engined US aircraft attacked them. Later that day, the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Jervis, Nubian and Paladin stopped her. A boarding party inspected her and...
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