HMS ‘Grimsby’ c1938.

A original photograph.

HMS ‘Grimsby’ (U16) was a Grimsby class sloop commissioned in 1933 and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, north of Tobruk, on 25th May 1941 following attacks by Italian and German Ju 87 Stukas.

From the time of commissioning until 1939, HMS ‘Grimsby’ was based in Hong Kong and carried out patrols along the coast of China. This photo is from an album of a serving soldier in the 1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry. He spent time in China in c1938 when HMS ‘Grimsby’ was there.

Another ship now has the HMS Grimsby name – a Sandown class minehunter commissioned in 1999.