HMS Foylebank
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | MV Foylebank |
| Operator | Bank Line (Andrew Weir Shipping) |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Launched | 12 June 1930 |
| Fate | Requisitioned by Royal Navy September 1939 |
| History | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Foylebank |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Acquired | September 1939 |
| Commissioned | 6 June 1940 |
| Fate | Sunk 5 July 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 5,582 tons |
| Propulsion | 2 diesel engines, 16 cylinders, two screws |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 290–300 |
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HMS Foylebank was a Royal Navy anti-aircraft ship active during the early part of the Second World War. She entered service in June 1940 and was sunk in a German air attack in July 1940.