{"product_id":"hms-imperial-d09-i-class-destroyer-september-1937-photo-print","title":"HMS Imperial D09 I Class Destroyer September 1937 Photo Print","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"HMS Imperial Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/search?q=%22hms+imperial%22\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\"\u003eHMS Imperial\u003c\/a\u003e (D09), a Royal Navy \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy I Class Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-i-class-destroyer-photo-prints\"\u003eI Class\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy Destroyers Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-destroyer-photo-prints\"\u003edestroyer\u003c\/a\u003e, lies at rest on still water in September 1937, seen from her port side with smoke rising from her forward funnel and a ship’s boat alongside amidships. She is in light grey pre-war paint with D09 on her hull and three black bands on her after funnel, and a small boat sits on the water near her bow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eImperial was built by Hawthorn Leslie at Hebburn on the Tyne, launched on 11th December 1936 and commissioned on 30th June 1937, only a few months before this photograph. She joined the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean and carried out non-intervention patrols off Spain during the Spanish Civil War. In the Second World War she served in the Norwegian Campaign and then escorted convoys to Malta. On 28th May 1941, during the Battle of Crete, near misses from Italian bombers damaged her steering. The next day her crew were taken off by HMS Hotspur, which then sank her with torpedoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou can read more about the history of HMS Imperial \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/blogs\/royal-navy-warship-and-submarine-classes-complete-guide\/hms-imperial-d09-namsos-a-mine-off-malta-and-a-jammed-rudder-on-the-way-home-from-crete\" title=\"HMS Imperial History\"\u003eHERE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis print is ideal for Royal Navy veterans, families of those who served in the Mediterranean Fleet or at Crete in 1941, and anyone with a connection to HMS Imperial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage Taken: September 1937\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotographer: Royal Navy official photographer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e© Public Domain - Restored by Hampshire 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