| Sikhs and the Navy |
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| Sikh sailor on the HMS Sikh | HMS Sikh |
| Name: | HMS Sikh | |
| Navy: | The Royal Navy | |
| Type: | Destroyer | |
| Class: | Tribal | |
| Penant: | F 82 | |
| Built by: | A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) | |
| Ordered: | 24 Sep, 1936 | |
| Launched: | 17 Dec, 1937 | |
| Commissioned: | 12 Oct, 1938 | |
| Lost: | 14 Sep, 1942 | |
| The HMS Sikh was a Tribal class British Destroyer built in Glasgow. At the beginning of World War II she was based in Malta. In 1941 she took part in the chase to hunt down the German battleship Bismark. |
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