HMS Anthony (H40)
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HMS Anthony in March 1943
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| Name: | HMS Anthony |
| Ordered: | 6 March 1928 |
| Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland |
| Laid down: | 30 July 1928 |
| Launched: | 24 April 1929 |
| Commissioned: | 14 February 1930 |
| Motto: | Portia in Arduia : 'Brave under difficulties' |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 21 February 1948 |
| Badge: | On a Field Black, the head of St Anthony Proper with a White owl and halo Gold. |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | A-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 323 ft (98 m) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 4,080 nmi (7,560 km; 4,700 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 138 |
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HMS Anthony was an A-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served in the Second World War.
Anthony was ordered from Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland on 6 March 1928 under the 1927 Programme. She was laid down on 30 July 1928, launched on 24 April 1929 and commissioned on 14 February 1930.
She was deployed with the 18th Destroyer Flotilla at Portland on the outbreak of war, and served in the English Channel and the South Western Approaches. In November Anthony was transferred to the 23rd Destroyer Flotilla, operating on the East coast. In January 1940 she and her sisters Achates and Arrow escorted the battleship Royal Sovereign part of the way to Halifax. Anthony transferred to Portsmouth in March, joining the 16th Destroyer Flotilla, and in May took part in the Dunkirk evacuation. She eventually rescued 3,000 personnel, but on 30 May she sustained some damage in an air attack and had to remain in port for repairs. She returned to duty with the flotilla in June, now based at Harwich. Assigned to the Home Fleet she carried out convoy escort and anti-submarine duties, moving to join the 12th Destroyer Flotilla at Greenock in September. On 27 September she rescued several survivors from the torpedoed merchant ship City of Benares.
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