| HMS Constance (R71) | |
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| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Constance |
| Ordered: | 12 September 1942 |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong |
| Laid down: | 11 March 1943 |
| Launched: | 22 June 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 6 June 1945 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: R71, later changed to D71 |
| Motto: | Desirmais : “Thereafter” |
| Fate: | Arrived for scrapping at Inverkeithing on 8 March 1956 |
| Badge: | On a field Blue, a Dragon Red on three wavelets Gold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | C-class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
1,885 tons (1,915 tonnes) 2,545 tons full (2,585 tonnes) |
| Length: | 362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 35.75 ft (10.90 m) |
| Draught: | 11.75 ft (3.58 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29.8 MW), 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full |
| Range: |
4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) 1,400 nmi (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Complement: | 186 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI |
| Armament: |
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Constance.
HMS Constance was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched on 22 June 1944.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Mason, Lt Cdr Geoffrey B. "Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2". Naval-History. http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-70Co-Constance.htm.
Publications[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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