H.M.S. SALISBURY I52

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DESTROYER

Displacement 1,090 Tons
Shipyard Mare Island
Launched 15/01/1919
Commissioned 05/12/1940 (RN)
Paid Off  
Scrapped See Notes

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Contributed history and points of special interest. 

Contributor
6th of the line. Originally USS CLAXTON. Lend Lease to RN from 05/12/1940. Lent to RCN 09/1942 to1944. Sold in Canada 25/06/1944.1st 4th rate 48 launched Bucklers Hard  18/04/1698. Captured by the French 10/04/1703 by French ADROIT. Re-captured 15/03/1708. Re-named PRESTON 02/01/1716. Re-built 1742. Hulk at Trincomalee from 09/1748. Broken up there. oldships.org.uk
 
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