HMS Broke
Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Broke
Namesake:	Philip Broke
Ordered:	April 1918
Builder:	John I. Thornycroft & Company
Launched:	16 September 1920
Completed:	1925
Renamed:	From Rooke, April 1921
Fate:	Sunk 8 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type:	Thornycroft type destroyer leader
Displacement:	1,480 tons standard 2,009 tons full load
Length:	329 ft (100 m) o/a
Beam:	31 ft 6 in (9. Rear Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke 1st Baronet KCB ( 9 September 1776 &ndash 2 January 1841) was a distinguished Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John I Thornycroft & Company Limited, usually known simply as Thornycroft was a British Shipbuilding firm started by John Isaac Thornycroft Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ships The first two ships to this design were ordered under the War Emergency Programme, in April 1916 and the third - Wallace - in April 1917; A flotilla leader was a warship suitable for commanding a Flotilla of Destroyers or other small warships typically a small Cruiser or a large destroyer Length overall, often abbreviated as ( LOA, o/a, oa or oa) refers to the maximum length of a vessel from the two points on the hull most distant 6 m)
Draught:	12 ft 6 in (3. 8 m)
Propulsion:	4 × Yarrow-type boilers Brown-Curtis single reduction turbines 2 shafts 40,000 shp
Speed:	38 kn (70 km/h) (trials) 36 kn (67 km/h) (service)
Range:	500 tons oil
Complement:	164
Armament:	5 × 4.7 in BL Mark I 1 × 12 pdr (3 in) HA Mark VIII 2 × triple 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes
Service record
Part of	4th Destroyer Flotilla
Commanders	Henry Fancourt
Operations	Operation Terminal

HMS Broke was a Thornycroft type flotilla leader of the Royal Navy. Ships The first two ships to this design were ordered under the War Emergency Programme, in April 1916 and the third - Wallace - in April 1917; A flotilla leader was a warship suitable for commanding a Flotilla of Destroyers or other small warships typically a small Cruiser or a large destroyer The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) 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 Admiral Sir George Rooke of the Dutch Wars and the Battle of Vigo Bay. John I Thornycroft & Company Limited, usually known simply as Thornycroft was a British Shipbuilding firm started by John Isaac Thornycroft Admiral Sir George Rooke (1650 &ndash January 24 1709) English naval commander was born at St Lawrence near Canterbury in 1650 The Anglo-Dutch Wars ( Dutch: Engels-Nederlandse Oorlogen or Engelse Zeeoorlogen) were fought in the 17th and 18th centuries between England The Battle of Vigo Bay was a naval engagement fought on 23 October 1702 during the opening years of the War of the Spanish Succession.

She was built in Woolston, Hampshire by J I Thornycroft and launched on 16 September 1920. Woolston is a district of Southampton, England, located on the eastern shore of the River Itchen. John I Thornycroft & Company Limited, usually known simply as Thornycroft was a British Shipbuilding firm started by John Isaac Thornycroft Her name was changed to Broke in April 1921, but she was not completed until 1925.

On 8 November 1942 Broke, was commanded by Henry Fancourt. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Captain Henry Lockhart St John Fancourt, DSO, RN ( April 1, 1900 - January 8, 2004) was a pioneering Naval aviator, and She was one of the ships to take part in Operation Terminal, part of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of West Africa. Operation Terminal was an Allied operation during World War II. Operation Torch (initially called Operation Gymnast) was the British - American invasion of French North Africa in World War II In Terminal HMS Broke and HMS Malcolm would attempt to land infantry directly onto the portside in Algiers in the hope of capturing the port facilities and preventing their destruction by the Vichy French forces. Construction In April 1916 an Admiralty type destroyer Prototype ( HMS ''Scott'') was ordered in what would unofficially become known as the Scott Algiers (الجزائر Algerian Arabic: Dzayer ( (From kabyle pronunciation Kabyle: Ledzayer, Alger) is the Capital and largest Vichy France, or the Vichy regime are the common terms used to describe the government of France from July 1940 to August 1944 It was hoped that either complete surprise would be achieved or that the defenders would support the invasion to the extent at least of refusing to fire on the attackers. However the Vichy forces opened fire on the ships at 4:06 AM, damaging them heavily.

Malcolm was forced to withdraw, but Broke succeeded in landing her troops under fire and then retreated. The landed infantry were surrounded and forced to surrender seven hours later. However they succeeded in preventing the destruction of the port before the defenders in turn surrendered to the larger invading forces. Broke was sunk by artillery later in the day.