| HMS Obdurate (G39) | |
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Obdurate |
| Ordered: | 3 September 1939 |
| Builder: | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Laid down: | 25 April 1940 |
| Launched: | 19 February 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 3 September 1942 |
| Honours and awards: | |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1965 |
| Badge: | On a field Blue, a mule statant white |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | O-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,540 long tons (1,560 t) standard |
| Length: | 345 ft (105 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 37 knots (43 mph; 69 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,850 nmi (7,130 km) at 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 472 tons oil |
| Complement: | 176+ |
| Armament: |
• 4 × single QF 4 in guns Mark V on mounting HA Mk.III • 1 × quad QF 2 pdr "pom-pom" mount Mk.VII • Up to 6 × single 20 mm Oerlikon guns • 2 × quad 21 in (533 mm) tubes for Mk.IX torpedoes • 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges • Up to 60 mines (where fitted) |
HMS Obdurate (G39) was an O-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton, being laid down at their yards on the River Clyde on 25 April 1940, launched on 19 February 1942 and commissioned on 3 September 1942.
In the distance HMS Obdurate (centre) leaving a Russian bay, with HMS Cumberland (left) and HMS Belfast (right) with HMS Faulknor alongside. Photograph taken at Vaenga after the arrival of convoy JW 53.
During the Second World War she escorted Arctic convoys in 1942 and 1944, and Atlantic convoys in 1943, taking part in the Battle of the Barents Sea in 1942. At the end of the war she escorted HMS Norfolk whilst the latter took King Haakon VII back to Norway, followed by post-war work in German waters. On 14 July 1945 US president Harry Truman transferred to the Obdurate from USS Philadelphia in the English Channel to travel the rest of his journey to the Potsdam Conference.
Her final years were spent in reserve at HMNB Portsmouth and Chatham Dockyard. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[1] She was finally decommissioned in 1964 and sold for scrap later that year.
Notes[]
- ↑ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
References[]
- 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.
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
External links[]
- http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Ships/HMSObdurate.html
- http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-47O-Obdurate.htm
- http://www.hmsgangestoterror.org/obdurate/HMSObdurate.htm
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