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HMS ''Sikh'' was a destroyer of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla of the Royal Navy. She was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons in Glasgow and commissioned in 1938. In 1941, while under the command of Commander Stokes, she took part in the sinking of the German battleship in 1941. 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 , and the Dutch vessel — sank the Italian cruisers and . On 4 August 1942, ''Sikh'' together with , and sank the German submarine 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 German artillery — 115 men were lost and many more were taken prisoner. ''Zulu'' was damaged and sunk by bombing the following day. Books have been written about the disaster: 'Massacre at Tobruk', by Peter C. Smith, ISBN 0-7183-0664-3, and 'Tobruk Commando', by Gordon Landsborough, ISBN 1-85367-025-1. Another book, 'Lower Deck', was written by one of the crew who served on 'B' gun, John Davies. All ships' name were changed as the book was written during the war — ''Sikh'' was ''Skye'', and ''Zulu'' was ''Amori''. ==Notes== 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 Sikh (F82)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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