HMS Hogue (D74)

HMS Hogue
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Laid down:	6 January 1943
Launched:	21 April 1944
Commissioned:	24 July 1945
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Fate:	Sold for scrap
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HMS Hogue (D74) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Battle of La Hogue. She was built by the famous Cammel Laird of Birkenhead, during World War II. Hogue was launched on the on 21 April 1944 and commissioned on 24 July 1945.

By the end of the Second World War, Hogue was part of the 19th Destroyer Flotilla of the British Pacific Fleet but had not seen action. She remained in the Far East until 1947, when she returned home, and was placed in Reserve. In 1957, Hogue, as part of the 1st Destroyer Squadron, had spells with the Home and Mediterranean Fleets, and the following year, as part of the same squadron, Hogue deployed to the Far East once more.

In 1959, while still in the Far East, tragedy struck Hogue when, during a night exercise, she collided with INS Mysore, an Indian light cruiser, formerly HMS Nigeria. Hogue suffered heavy damage, indeed she lost her bow, the front of the ship. One crewman died, with three being wounded. She was towed to Singapore where she was subsequently sold for scrap, being broke up in Singapore in 1962. Her sister-ship Finisterre joined the 1st Destroyer Squadron, replacing Hogue, in 1960.

See HMS Hogue for other ships of the name.