fleet.wikisort.org - ShipHMS Liddesdale was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by Vickers-Armstrong in Newcastle and launched on 19 August 1940. She was laid down on 20 November 1939 and commissioned 28 February 1941. She served as a convoy escort in the Mediterranean Sea.[1][2][3]
Destroyer of the Royal Navy
HMS Liddesdale |
History |
United Kingdom |
Name | Liddesdale |
Ordered | 4 September 1939 |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.): Parsons |
Laid down | 20 November 1939 |
Launched | 19 August 1940 |
Commissioned | 28 February 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number: L100 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1948 at Gateshead |
General characteristics |
Class and type | Hunt-class destroyer |
Displacement |
- 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard
- 1,435 long tons (1,458 t) full load
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Length | 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a |
Beam | 10.16 m (33 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
- 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp
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Speed |
- 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
- 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
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Range | 2,350 nmi (4,350 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h) |
Complement | 168 |
Armament |
- 4 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX
- 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
- 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
- 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 110 depth charges, 4 throwers, 3 racks
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War service
HMS Liddesdale served as a convoy escort based from Malta for the majority of World War II. On 21 May 1944, Liddesdale, alongside the destroyers Termagant and Tenacious sank U-453 using depth charges off the south coast of Italy.[1]
Sources
- Colledge, J. J. & Warlow, Ben. Ships of the Royal Navy - The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present. Casemate. ISBN 978-1-935149-07-1.
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- English, John (1987). The Hunts - A history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. Cumbria: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-44-4.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two - an international encyclopedia. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-910-5.
- Gardiner, Robert (1987). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
References
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- Preceded by: N class
- Followed by: L class
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- List of destroyers of the Royal Navy
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