| HMS Eglinton (L87) | |
|---|---|
 HMS Eglinton, c1942 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Eglinton |
| Ordered: | 21 March 1939 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrong, River Tyne |
| Yard number: | Admiralty Job No.J4091 |
| Laid down: | 8 June 1939 |
| Launched: | 28 December 1939 |
| Completed: | 28 August 1940 |
| Identification: | pennant number: L87 |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1940 English Channel 1940-44 North Sea 1941-44 Normandy 1944 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in May 1956 |
| Badge: | On a Field Red, two hunting horns in saltire and three annulets interlaced Gold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Type I Hunt-class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
1,000 long tons (1,000 t) standard 1,340 long tons (1,360 t) full load |
| Length: | 85 m (278 ft 10 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 3.27 m (10 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp |
| Speed: |
27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h) 26 kn (30 mph; 48 km/h) full |
| Range: |
3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h) |
| Complement: | 146 |
| Armament: |
• 4 × QF 4 in Mark XVI 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 • 40 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack |
HMS Eglinton (L87) was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by Vickers-Armstrong on the River Tyne, and launched on 28 December 1939. She was adopted by the town of Alton, Hampshire, as part of the Warship Week campaign in 1942.
Service history[]
On commissioning in 1940 she completed work ups for service in Home waters, including the North Western approaches and the English Channel, which continued until 1944. During May 1944 she was nominated to provide cover for the allied landings in Normandy. Following this she continued duties in the English Channel and North sea.
After August 1945 she was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Harwich.[1] On 24 June 1955 she was designated as a trials ship for exercise 'Sleeping Beauty' designed to test the state of ships held in reserve, and the time taken to bring them forward for service in the active fleet. She was sold for scrapping and arrived for scrapping at Blyth on 28 May 1956.
References[]
- ↑ Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 24
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.
External links[]
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