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    The HMS Broke British Shakespeare-class destroyer
    off Bougie 1942

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The HMS Rook was a Shakespeare-class British destroyer, built in Southampton by Thornycroft during 1918, launched during 1920 and completed by Pembroke Dockyard.
She was later renamed HMS Broke.

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L' HMS Rook era un cacciatorpediniere Britannico della Classe Shakespeare, costruito a Southampton nei cantieri Thornycroft nel corso del 1918-19, varato nel 1920 e completato nei cantieri Pembroke Dockyard. In seguito fu ribattezzato HMS Broke.

On October 11, 1940, together with the destroyers HMS Kashmir, HMS Jaguar and HMS Kipling, the HMS Broke escorted the British Battleship HMS Revenge during the bombing of the French harbour of Cherbourg. 
Then, the HMS Broke moved in Mediterranean.

L' 11 Ottobre 1940,  insieme ai cacciatorpediniere HMS Kashmir, HMS Jaguar ed HMS Kipling, l' HMS Broke scortò la corazzata HMS Revenge che si apprestava a cannoneggiare il porto Francese di Cherbourg.
Quindi, l' HMS Broke fu destinato in Mediterraneo.

On November 8, 1942, during the operations for the Allied invasion of Northern Africa, the HMS Broke was hit by gunfire from a coastal battery off the coasts of Algeria, and sank off Bougie.
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