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Hms Broke

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HMS Broke was a Thornycroft type flotilla leader of the Royal Navy. She was the second of four ships of this class that were ordered from J I Thornycroft in April 1918,and was originally named Rooke after Rear Admiral Sir George Rooke of the Dutch Wars and the Battle of Vigo Bay.

The naturalist Peter Scott, among the ship's crew in 1940, conducted experiments in ship camouflage, having the two sides of Broke painted in different patterns.
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Name: HMS Broke
Namesake: Philip Broke
Ordered: April 1918
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company
Laid down: October 1918[1]
Launched: 16 September 1920[1]
Commissioned: 15 April 1925[1]
Renamed: From Rooke, April 1921
Fate: Sunk, 8 November 1942
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Broke_(D83)
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