HMS Springbank
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HMS Springbank was a Royal Navy fighter catapult ship of the Second World War. Originally a cargo ship built in 1926 for Bank Line it was acquired by the Admiralty at the start of the war and converted to an "auxiliary anti-aircraft cruiser" by the addition of four twin 4-inch (102 mm) gun turrets and two quadruple 2 pdr (40 mm) "pom-pom"s. In March 1941 a catapult for a single Fairey Fulmar naval fighter (from 804 Naval Air Squadron) was fitted midships as a means to give further protection for convoys from enemy aircraft.
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HMS Springbank
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HMS Springbank
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1939
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Single catapult
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* 4 × twin guns
* 2 × quad 2 pdr guns
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Harland and Wolff, Govan
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United Kingdom
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Requisitioned by Royal Navy 1939
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Sunk 1941
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Springbank
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HMS Springbank was a Royal Navy fighter catapult ship of the Second World War. Originally a cargo ship built in 1926 for Bank Line it was acquired by the Admiralty at the start of the war and converted to an "auxiliary anti-aircraft cruiser" by the addition of four twin 4-inch (102 mm) gun turrets and two quadruple 2 pdr (40 mm) "pom-pom"s. In March 1941 a catapult for a single Fairey Fulmar naval fighter (from 804 Naval Air Squadron) was fitted midships as a means to give further protection for convoys from enemy aircraft. Springbank was part of the escort for Convoy HG 73 from Gibraltar to Liverpool. Springbank's Fulmar was launched to drive off a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200 reconnaissance aircraft; the Fulmar landing at Gibraltar afterwards. The convoy was attacked by Italian and German submarines over the following days. In the night of 27 September 1941 Springbank was torpedoed in the North Atlantic by the German submarine U-201. After taking off her surviving crew, the ship was sunk by the Flower-class corvette .
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Requisitioned by Royal Navy 1939
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Sunk 1941