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HMS ''Nubian'' was a destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw much distinguished service in World War II. She won 13 battle honours, a record only exceeded by one other ship, and matched by two others. ==Service history== ''Nubian'' was in home waters for the early part of the Second World War, and saw action with the Home Fleet during the Norwegian Campaign in May 1940. Following this, ''Nubian'' joined 14th Destroyer Flotilla at Plymouth, which was led by Captain P J Mack (temporarily flying his pennant in , whilst has own ship, , was undergoing repair). Also in the 14th Destroyer Flotilla were (another of the Tribal class), and (another J-class destroyer). The flotilla left Plymouth for Alexandria on 18 May 1940, in company with 4 K-class destroyers from the 5th Destroyer Flotilla en route for service in the Red Sea; they arrived in Alexandria on 25 May, just two weeks days before hostilities with Italy commenced on 11 June 1940. ''Nubian'' saw much action, being involved in the actions at Calabria, in July 1940, Matapan (March 1941), Sfax (April), and finally Crete (May). During the battle of Cape Matapan, she delivered the coup de grace to the , stricken by an aerial torpedo. During the battle of Crete, on 26 May, ''Nubian'' was bombed and had her stern blown off, with the loss of 7 of her crew killed, and another 12 wounded. Despite further attacks, she was able to return to Alexandria under escort, but departed there on 12 June under tow for extensive repairs in Bombay, which were not completed for another 18 months. ''Nubian'' returned to the Mediterranean and the 14th Destroyer Flotilla in November 1942, seeing action with them against the convoy on 2 December and off Tripoli in company with ''Jervis'' on 20–21 December. In 1943, she was involved with supporting the landings in Sicily, and at Salerno, before returning to Britain for reassignment to the Arctic. While in the Arctic she conducted convoy escort duty, during which she was involved in at least one direct attack on a U-boat, a cat and mouse hunt which lasted some days. She also tracked at least 11 other U-boats that twice attacked the convoy she was shadowing. During operations conducted in the Arctic, she dispatched back to Norway on two vital operations. These were a strike on the German submarine base at Trondheim Fjord, and a strike on the German battleship at Alton Fjord. At the end of 1944, ''Nubian'' was refitted, ready to be dispatched to the Far East in 1945, seeing action in support of the closing operations in Burma, a varied and wide-ranging career. 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 Nubian (F36)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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