![NAVY'S OLDEST DESTROYER IS 27. 19 FEBRUARY 1944, PLYMOUTH. BRITAIN'S OLDEST DESTROYER HMS SKATE, WHICH HAS JUST CELEBRATED HER 27TH BIRTHDAY. TWICE TORPEDOED IN THE LAST WAR SHE STILL GUARDS CONVOYS. | Imperial War Museums NAVY'S OLDEST DESTROYER IS 27. 19 FEBRUARY 1944, PLYMOUTH. BRITAIN'S OLDEST DESTROYER HMS SKATE, WHICH HAS JUST CELEBRATED HER 27TH BIRTHDAY. TWICE TORPEDOED IN THE LAST WAR SHE STILL GUARDS CONVOYS. | Imperial War Museums](https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/513/597/large_000000.jpg)
NAVY'S OLDEST DESTROYER IS 27. 19 FEBRUARY 1944, PLYMOUTH. BRITAIN'S OLDEST DESTROYER HMS SKATE, WHICH HAS JUST CELEBRATED HER 27TH BIRTHDAY. TWICE TORPEDOED IN THE LAST WAR SHE STILL GUARDS CONVOYS. | Imperial War Museums
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HMS Holcombe (L 56) of the Royal Navy - British Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type III) class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net
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