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HMS ''Calpe'' (pennant number L71) was a British Royal Navy Type II escort. Built as a result of the outbreak of World War II, ''Calpe'' escorted convoys during the war and participated in the Dieppe Raid. Calpe is an old name for Gibraltar. Collaborating with on 13 December 1943, she assisted in the sinking of German U-boat . ''Calpe'' was loaned and then sold to the Danish Navy, remaining active until she was scrapped in Sweden in 1966. ==History== ''Calpe'' was ordered in December 1939 from Swan Hunter Wallsend as part of the 1939 emergency program. She was not the first ship of this name as had been a ship in the Royal Navy from 1800 to 1802. The keel was laid the following year and it was launched and completed in 1941. Following her acceptance on 11 December 1941, the ship set sail for Scapa Flow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Calpe.htm )〕 The ship was adopted in February 1942 by Abingdon-on-Thames in Berkshire as part of a National Savings campaign called ''Warship Week''.〔 In 1942 she sailed under the Spanish Ensign as she approached St Jean de Luz. To keep up the pretense, all the crew remained below deck. It was not until before the bombardment took place on 4–5 April that the British Ensign replaced the Spanish jack. On 18 and 19 August 1942 ''Calpe'' was involved in the Dieppe Raid. Her primary function was to act as the command ship for the raid and was used by Major-General Roberts (OC, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division) and Captain John Hugues-Hallet RN (Naval Commander for the raid). She acted as a hospital ship and sustained casualties, losing nearly a quarter of the crew. Despite this, ''Calpe'' managed to take on and care for 278 casualties. In October 1942, ''Calpe'' was included in the ships that would take part in action in North Africa. She was sent to guard a convoy to her namesake Gibraltar. In November she became part of Operation Torch as she was included in the Central Task Force for allied landings.〔 ''Calpe'' identified the submarine in the Mediterranean, and together with USS ''Wainwright'', managed to sink the U-boat on 13 December 1943.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-593INT.htm )〕 The U-boat had already sunk two sister Hunt-class destroyers, and that month.〔 The captain of ''Wainwright'', Commander Strohbehn, noted in his account that "it was a pleasure" to work with the British Warship. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Calpe (L71)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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