For other ships of the same name, see HMS Delight.
| HMS Delight (D119) | |
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 HMS Delight | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Delight |
| Ordered: | 5 June 1943 |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
| Laid down: | 5 September 1946 |
| Launched: | 21 December 1950 |
| Motto: |
Duris delectat virtus ("Valour delighteth in difficulties") |
| Fate: | Broken up 1971 |
| Badge: |
On a Field Green, Pan's Pipe Gold and Silver File:HMS Delight badge.jpg |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Daring class destroyer |
| Displacement: | Standard: 2,830 tons, Full load: 3,820 tons |
| Length: | 390 ft (120 m) |
| Beam: | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Draught: | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts, 54,000 shp (40 MW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | Approximately 300 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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HMS Delight was a Daring-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1950 and broken up at Inverkeithing in 1971.[1]
In 1956 she formed part of the Royal Navy's force used during the Suez Operation.
Notes[]
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.
- McCart, Neil, Daring Class Destroyers. Fan Publications, 2008. ISBN 978-1-904459-33-0
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