HMS Airedale (L07)
| Navy: | Royal Navy |
| Type: | Escort destroyer |
| Class: | Hunt (Type III) |
| Pennant: | L 07 |
| Built by: | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
| Ordered: | 4 July, 1940 John Brown at Clydebank |
| Laid down: | 20 Nov, 1940 |
| Launched: | 12 Aug, 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 8 Jan, 1942 'adopted' by the civil community of Spenborough, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire. |
| Complement: | 168 |
| Lost: |
15 Jun, 1942 Eastern Mediterranean,
south of Crete ,Alexandria/Malta Bombed and
heavily damaged by German Ju 87 (Stuka)
divebombers 48 crew were lost.Scuttled by HMS Aldenham and HMS Hurworth.in position (c 34-00'N, 24-00'E) |
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Battle Honours ARCTIC 1942 - LIBYA 1943 |
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