HMS Imogen (D44)

HMS Imogen ( D44 ) was a destroyer of the I class of the Royal Navy in World War II.

The ship was launched on 30 October 1936 as part of a class of eight destroyers at Hawthorn Leslie in Hebburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, from the stack. Put into service, it was on 2 June 1937.

The destroyer was initially used in conjunction with the majority of its sister ships in the Mediterranean. After the war began, the flotilla was ordered back into the waters around the British Isles. In an interim use escort succeeded on October 12, 1939, together with HMS Ilex south-west of Ireland, the German submarine U to sink 42.

In 1940, the destroyer was first used to cover convoys to Norway. It could be sunk along with HMS Inglefield and HMS Escort U 63 on 25 February. Following this, HMS Imogen was given the task to cover other destroyer that should put in the coastal waters of the then -neutral Norway in Operation Wilfred mines. The insert was then but canceled due to the oncoming German landing in Norway ( company Weserübung ).

After the end of the operation, the destroyer remained with the Home Fleet. In a maneuver occurred on 16 July 1940 in dense fog in front of the Pentland Firth to a collision with the light cruiser HMS Glasgow. HMS Imogen caught fire and was so badly damaged that the ship could not be introduced, but had to be abandoned.