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{{short description|Destroyer of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Hardy}}

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|Ship country=[[United Kingdom]]
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|Ship name=HMS ''Hardy''
|Ship ordered= 1 September 1941
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|Ship builder=[[John Brown & Company]], [[Clydebank]], [[Scotland]]
|Ship laid down=14 May 1942
|Ship launched=18 March 1943
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|Ship commissioned= August 1943
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|Ship fate=Scuttled after being torpedoed on 30 January 1944
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|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]]:R08
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|Ship honours=[[Arctic convoys of World War II|Arctic]] 1943-44
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|Ship class=[[U and V-class destroyer|V-class]] [[destroyer]]
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1777|LT|t|0}} standard
*{{convert|2058|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full load
|Ship length={{convert|363|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*2 × Admiralty 3-drum [[water-tube boiler]]s
*Geared steam turbines, {{convert|40000|shp|0|abbr=on}}
*2 shafts
|Ship speed={{convert|37|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|4860|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|29|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement= 180 (225 in flotilla leader)
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|Ship armament=*''Original configuration'' :
*4 × [[QF 4.7-inch Mk IX & XII naval gun|QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk IX guns]] in single mountings [[British ordnance terms#CP|CP]] Mk.XXII
*2 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|QF 40 mm Bofors]] guns in twin mount Mk.IV
*6 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|QF 20 mm Oerlikon]] guns; 2 × twin mounts Mk.V, 2 × single mounts Mk.III
*2 × quadruple tubes for [[British 21-inch torpedo|{{convert|21|inch|mm|adj=on}} torpedo]]es Mk.IX
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'''HMS ''Hardy''''' was a [[U and V-class destroyer|V-class]] [[destroyer]] of the [[Royal Navy]] that saw service during the [[Second World War]].

== History ==
''Hardy'' was built by [[John Brown & Company]], Clydebank, laid down on 14 May 1942, launched 18 March 1943, and completed 14 August 1943.

While escorting [[Convoy JW 56A]] during the Second World War, ''Hardy'' was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged in the [[Arctic Ocean]] at {{coord|73|40|N|24|30|E}} by the [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[submarine]] {{GS|U-278||2}} on 30 January 1944 with the loss of 35 crew members. The British destroyers {{HMS|Venus|R50|6}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4400-60ALL.htm |title=Naval Events, January–December 1944 (in outline only) |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=29 December 2011}}</ref> and {{HMS|Virago|R75|6}} rescued her survivors and sank her. HMS Virago sustained damage to her bow while in contact with Hardy which was later repaired by Russian workers while at the convoy destination in Murmansk.<ref>IWM oral history Pratt, James William</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book|last=Raven|first=Alan|author2=Roberts, John|title=War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes|publisher=Bivouac Books|location=London|date=1978|isbn=0-85680-010-4}}
* {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War 2|publisher=Naval Institute Press|date=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80020360 | title=Oral history Pratt, James William | publisher=IWM 21595}}

==See also==
* [[Arctic convoys of World War II]]

==External links==
* [http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-60V-Hardy2.htm ''Hardy'' at naval-history.net]
* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4516.html ''Hardy'' at  uboatnet]
*https://racmp.co.uk/veterans/herbert-sydney-roberts/
*https://racmp.co.uk/veterans/frederick-pearce/

{{U and V class destroyers}}
{{January 1944 shipwrecks}}

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[[Category:U and V-class destroyers of the Royal Navy]]
[[Category:World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1943 ships]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in January 1944]]
[[Category:Scuttled vessels of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:World War II shipwrecks in the Arctic Ocean]]
[[Category:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II]]


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