HMS Egret (L75) was a sloop of the British Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class. In the 18th and the earlier part of the 19th centuries a sloop-of-war was a small sailing Warship (also known as one of the Escort types with a single gun deck The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) The lead ship or class leader is the first of a series or class of Ships all constructed according to the same general design She was built by J. Samuel White at Cowes, Isle of Wight and was launched on May 31, 1938. J Samuel White was a British Shipbuilding firm (taking its name from John Samuel White 1838-1915 which came to prominence during the Victorian era. Cowes is an English Seaport town on the Isle of Wight, an island south of Southampton. The Isle of Wight is an English Island and county in the English Channel between three and five miles (8 km from the south coast of the Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Egret had the dubious honor of being the first ship ever to be sunk by a guided missile. Guided Missile is a London based Independent record label set up by Paul Kearney in 1994. The Germans had used the Henschel Hs 293 glider bomb for the first time on August 25, 1943 against the 40th Support Group in the Bay of Biscay. The Henschel Hs 293 was a World War II German anti-shipping Guided missile: a radio-controlled Glide bomb with a rocket engine slung underneath A glide bomb is an aerial Bomb that is modified with aerodynamic surfaces to modify its flight path from a purely ballistic one to a flatter gliding one Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cantabrian Sea redirects here Not to be confused with Biscay Bay Newfoundland and Labrador or Biscayne Bay. Landguard and Bideford were hit and damaged, with one sailor killed.
On 27 August 1943 the 40th Support Group was relieved by the 1st Support Group, consisting of Egret together with the sloop Pelican and the frigates Jed, Rother, Spey and Evenlode. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The group was attacked by a squadron of 18 Dornier Do 217 carrying Henschel glider bombs. The Dornier Do 217 was a bomber used by Germany during World War II. The covering destroyer Athabaskan was heavily damaged by a bomb and Egret was sunk with the loss of 194 of her crew. See also List of ships of the Canadian Navy At the time there were a number of RAF and civilian electronics specialists on board. Egret had been fitted with additional electronic detection equipment designed to foil radio guided bombs such as the Hs 293.
Egret's sinking led to the anti-U-boat patrols in the Bay of Biscay being suspended. U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word, itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot ( undersea boat) and refers Cantabrian Sea redirects here Not to be confused with Biscay Bay Newfoundland and Labrador or Biscayne Bay.
References
- Maj. Sim, Stephen (Oct-Dec, 1998), “The Anti-Ship Missile - A Revolution in Naval Warfare”, Pointer 24 (4), <http://www.mindef.gov.sg/safti/pointer/back/journals/1998/Vol24_4/7.htm>
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