HMS Imogen (D44)

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HMS Imogen (D44) was a British Royal Navy I-class destroyer laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 18 January 1936, launched on 30 October 1936 and commissioned on 2 June 1937. Imogen attacked and sank the enemy German submarines U-42 south-west of Ireland on 13 October 1939 in company with the destroyer Ilex, and U-63 in the North Sea while in company with the destroyer Inglefield and the submarine Narwhal on 25 February 1940. She collided with the cruiser Glasgow and sank off Pentland Firth on 16 July 1940.

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