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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Battle|destroyer}} | Ship type= | Ship displacement=*2,325 tons standard | 379|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 40|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 15.3|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 50,000|shp|MW|lk=in|abbr=on}} | 35.75|kn|km/h|abbr=on|0}} | 4,400|nmi|km}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h}} | Ship endurance= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=268 | Ship crew= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*2 × dual 4.5-inch (114 mm) gun- 1 × single 4-inch (102 mm) gun
- 14 × Bofors 40 mm gun
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 1 × Squid mortar
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}} | HMS Gravelines was a {{sclass2-|Battle|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 Cammell Laird of Birkenhead. She was laid down on 10 August 1943, launched on 30 November 1944 and completed on 14 June 1946.[1]ServiceUpon commissioning, 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.[2] Gravelines exchanged crews with the destroyer {{HMS|St. Kitts|D18|2}} on 10 March 1953 and returned to the UK where she was paid off into the Reserve Fleet.[3] 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 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. Gravelines arrived for scrapping at Rosyth on 4 April 1961.[4] References1. ^{{cite book |last1=Marriott |first1=Leo |title=Royal Navy Destroyers since 1945 |date=1989 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton |isbn=0711018170 |page=82 |ref=Marriot}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Critchley |first=Mike |title=British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers |publisher=Maritime Books |location=Liskeard, UK |date=1982 |isbn=0-9506323-9-2 |pages=106–7}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Marriott |first=Leo |title=Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945 |publisher=Ian Allan Ltd |date=1989 |pages=71–75}}
4. ^{{cite book |last1=Marriott |first1=Leo |title=Royal Navy Destroyers since 1945 |date=1989 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton |isbn=0711018170 |page=82 |ref=Marriot}}
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- {{cite book|last=Hodges|first=Peter|title=Battle Class Destroyers|publisher=Almark Publishing|location=London|year=1971|isbn=0-85524-012-1}}
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