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HMS Napier (G97), named for Admiral Sir Charles Napier RN ( 1786– 1860), was an N-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 26 July 1939, launched on 22 May 1940 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 11 December 1940 as HMAS Napier. Between 28 November1940 and on 25 October 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II: she was manned by Australians but remained the property of the British Government.Napier was sold for scrap to Thomas W. Ward and arrived at Briton FerryBriton Ferry ( Welsh: Llansawel is a town in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, lying on the River Neath and Swansea Bay. It is known as a seaport. Attractions near the town include Briton Ferry Woods. The M4 motorway skirts the town. Neath Port Talbot. on 17 January 19561956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. see link for calendar) Events January January 1 End of Anglo- Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in where she was broken up.
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