HMS Ivanhoe was an of the British Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

, commissioned in 1937, that served during World War II until sunk during the Texel Disaster

Texel Disaster

The Texel disaster took place off the Dutch coast on the night of 31 August 1940 and involved the sinking of two Royal Navy destroyers and damage to a third and a light cruiser...

 on 31 August 1940.

Construction

The ship was ordered from Yarrows

Yarrow Shipbuilders

Yarrow Limited , often styled as simply Yarrows, was a major shipbuilding firm based in the Scotstoun district of Glasgow on the River Clyde...

 at Scotstoun

Scotstoun

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on 30 October 1935 under the 1935 Build Programme. The ship was laid down on 12 February 1936 and launched on 11 February 1937 as the 2nd RN warship to carry the name. Ivanhoe was completed late, on 24 August 1937, after a delay in the delivery of the gun mountings. The contract price was £259,371 excluding items supplied by Admiralty such as guns and communications equipment.