Shipdle Warships
Puzzle #117 was HMS Acasta.
HMS Acasta was one of eight A-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1920s. The ship spent most of the 1930s assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet. During the early months of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, Acasta spent considerable time in Spanish waters enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict.
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What the record says
Puzzle 117 ran on 3 Nov 2026 and the answer was HMS Acasta, played with 6 guesses against 6 columns. On the record: Class - destroyer; Navy - United Kingdom; Fate - sunk. The numbers: Commissioned - 1930; Length - 98.4 m. 1 of the 6 columns is blank in the source (Displacement), so nobody could score it either way.
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How it scored
- Class
- destroyer
- Navy
- United Kingdom
- Commissioned
- 1930
- Displacement
- Not recorded
- Fate
- sunk
- Length
- 98.4 m