HMS Grenville

Template:Use dmy dates Four Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Grenville. Vice Admiral Sir Richard Grenville was an Elizabethan sailor, explorer, and soldier:

• Template:HMS, a 12-gun schooner of 69 tons purchased in Newfoundland on 7 June 1763, having formerly been called Sally, and used as a survey vessel. Broken up in March 1775.
• Template:HMS, a destroyer leader launched on 17 June 1916 and sold in December 1931.
• Template:HMS, a G-class destroyer leader launched on 15 August 1935 and sunk 19 January 1940.
• Template:HMS, a U-class destroyer, launched 12 October 1942, and disposed of in 1983.

The Royal Canadian Navy also operated a fishery protection vessel, Template:HMCS, launched in Toronto in 1915.

References

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| last1 = Colledge
| first1 = J. J. 
| author-link1= J. J. Colledge
| last2 = Warlow
| first2 = Ben
| date = 2006
| orig-date = 1969
| title = Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present
| edition = Rev.
| location = London
| publisher = Chatham Publishing
| isbn = 978-1-86176-281-8
| OCLC = 67375475

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