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HMS Ashanti

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Construction startedNovember 23, 1936
LaunchedNovember 5, 1937
Draft3. 43 m
Beam11 m
BuilderWilliam Denny and Brothers
MottoKum Apim; (Ashanti: "Kill a thousand, a thousand will come"); Also: Wo kum apim a, apim bз ba
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Date of Upd.
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About HMS Ashanti


HMS Ashanti was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Following the style of her sister ships she was named for an ethnic group, in this case the Ashanti people of the Gold Coast in West Africa. She served in the Second World War and was broken up in 1949.

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