- Construction and career
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
{{other ships|HMS Sikh}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=HMS Sikh (F82).jpg | Ship caption=Sikh underway after completion
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United Kingdom | UK|naval}} | Ship name=Sikh | Ship namesake=Sikh | Ship original cost=£337,704 | Ship builder=Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down=24 September 1936[1] | Ship launched=17 December 1937 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed=12 October 1938 | Ship commissioned= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship motto=Sicut leonis: 'Be like the lions' | Ship nickname= | Ship honours=*Norway 1940- Atlantic 1940–41
- Bismarck Action 1941
- Cape Bon 1941
- Libya 1941
- Malta Convoys 1941–42
- Sirte 1942
- Mediterranean 1942
| Ship fate=Sunk, 14 September 1942 | Ship identification=Pennant numbers: L82/F82/G82 | Ship badge=On a Field Red. a 'Sikh' lion, Gold, behind his head a Sikh quoit, silver.
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=(as built) | Tribal|destroyer | 1936} | 1891|LT|t}} (standard)- {{convert|2519|LT|t}} (deep load)
| 377|ft|m|abbr=on}} (o/a) | 36|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | 11|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} | 44000|shp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}}- 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
| Ship propulsion=2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines | 36|kn|lk=in}} | 5700|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}} | Ship sensors=ASDIC | Ship complement=190 | Ship armament=*4 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk XII guns- 1 × quadruple QF 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns
- 2 × quadruple QF .5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III anti-aircraft machineguns
- 1 × quadruple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers
}} | HMS Sikh was a {{sclass2-|Tribal|destroyer (1936)|0}} destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The ship entered service in 1938 and served during the Second World War, participating in the sinking of Bismarck and the Battle of Cape Bon. In 1942, while participating in a commando raid, Sikh was sunk by a combination of shore artillery, antiaircraft guns and aerial bombs. Construction and careerSikh was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons in Glasgow and commissioned in 1938. The ship entered service as part of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla of the Royal Navy. In 1941, while under the command of Commander Stokes, she took part in the sinking of the German battleship {{ship|German battleship|Bismarck||2}}. The night before Bismarck was sunk, she fired a salvo of four torpedoes and claimed a hit after hearing underwater explosions, but actually there were no hits. Sikh transferred to the Mediterranean serving as part of Force H. On 13 December 1941, Sikh – together with {{HMS|Legion|G74|2}}, {{HMS|Maori|F24|2}} and the Dutch vessel {{ship|HNLMS|Isaac Sweers||6}} – sank the Italian cruisers {{ship|Italian cruiser|Alberico da Barbiano||2}} and {{ship|Italian cruiser|Alberto di Giussano||2}} in the Battle of Cape Bon. On 4 August 1942, Sikh together with {{HMS|Zulu|F18|2}}, {{HMS|Croome|L62|2}} and {{HMS|Tetcott|L99|2}} sank the German submarine {{GS|U-372||2}} off Haifa. On 14 September, Sikh and Zulu landed and then covered Operation Agreement, a commando raid on Tobruk. Sikh was hit and sunk by 152 mm Italian coastal artillery, German 88 mm guns and by a bomb dropped by a Macchi C.200[2] – 115 men were lost and many more were taken prisoner. Zulu was damaged and sunk by bombing the following day. References1. ^{{cite web | last = Helgason | first = Guðmundur | work = Uboat.net | url = http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4434.html | title = HMS Sikh (F 82) | accessdate = 2009-08-04 }}
2. ^L'operazione Daffodil nel piano Agreement
Sources {{refbegin}}- {{cite book|last=Brice|first=Martin H.|title=The Tribals|publisher=Ian Allan|date=1971|location=London|isbn=0-7110-0245-2}}
- {{cite book|last=English|first=John|title=Afridi to Nizam: British Fleet Destroyers 1937–43|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Gravesend, Kent|date=2001|isbn=0-905617-64-9}}
- {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers and Frigates, the Second World War and After|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2006|isbn=1-86176-137-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Haarr|first=Geirr H.|title=The Battle for Norway: April–June 1940|year=2010|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-59114-051-1}}
- {{cite book|last=Haarr|first=Geirr H.|title=The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940|year=2009|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-59114-310-9}}
- {{cite book|last=Hodges|first=Peter|title=Tribal Class Destroyers|year=1971|publisher=Almark|location=London|isbn=0-85524-047-4}}
- {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998|isbn=1-55750-048-7}}
- {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2}}
- {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1
|location=Annapolis, Maryland}}{{refend}}Further reading- {{cite book|title=Lower Deck |first=John |last=Davies}}
- {{cite book|title=Tobruk Commando |first=Gordon |last=Landsborough |isbn=1-85367-025-1}}
- {{cite book|title=Massacre at Tobruk |first=Peter C. |last=Smith |isbn=0-7183-0664-3}}
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