HMS Bedouin (F67)

HMS Bedouin ( F67/G67/L67 ) was a destroyer of the Tribal class of the Royal Navy.

The ship was on January 13, 1937 placed at the shipyard of William Denny and Brothers at Dumbarton on Kiel, launched on December 21, 1937 and submitted to the Home Fleet on 15 March 1939 in service. She was assigned to the 6th Destroyer Flotilla and based in Portland, where they patrolled the English Channel. January and February, they spent for repairs in dock in Newcastle upon Tyne, since accumulated defects.

The Bedouin took part in the Battle of Narvik in April 1940. October 1940, she spent for new equipment in the dock in Southampton. On this occasion the twin tower on the X- position was replaced with a 4- inch twin gun to step up their air defenses.

On June 5, 1942, she was assigned to the Mediterranean. There she was involved in Operation Harpoon, during which they damaged by the joint attack of the Italian cruiser Eugenio di Savoia and Montecuculi and finally on June 15, 1942 by SM.79 torpedo bombers in position 36 ° 12 ' N, 11 ° 38 ' O36.211.633333333333 was sunk. 28 crew members were in the sinking, 213 were captured by the Italian Navy.