| HMS Venus (R50) | |
|---|---|
 Venus in August 1943 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Venus |
| Ordered: | 1 September 1941 |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland |
| Laid down: | 12 January 1942 |
| Launched: | 23 February 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 28 August 1943 |
| Identification: |
Pennant number:R50 Later F50 |
| Honours and awards: | |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap in 1972 |
| Badge: | On a Field Blue, the symbol of the planet Venus Gold. |
| General characteristics V-class destroyer | |
| Class & type: | V-class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
1,777 long tons (1,806 t) standard 2,058 long tons (2,091 t) full load |
| Length: | 363 ft (111 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 8 in (10.87 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers Geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29,828 kW) 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 37 knots (43 mph; 69 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,860 nmi (9,000 km) at 29 kn (54 km/h) |
| Complement: | 180 (225 in flotilla leader) |
| Armament: |
Original configuration : • 4 × QF Mk.XII 4.7 in (120 mm) guns in single mountings CP Mk.XXII • 2 × QF 40 mm Bofors guns in twin mount Mk.IV • 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns; 2 × twin mounts Mk.V, 2 × single mounts Mk.III • 2 × quadruple tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX |
| General characteristics Type 15 frigate | |
| Class & type: | Type 15 frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,300 long tons (2,337 t) standard |
| Length: | 358 ft (109 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 37 ft 9 in (11.51 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, steam turbines on 2 shafts, 40,000 shp |
| Speed: | 31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h) (full load) |
| Complement: | 174 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Radar
Sonar:
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| Armament: |
1 x twin 4 in gun Mark 19 1 x twin 40mm Bofors Mk.5; 2 x Squid A/S mortar or; 2 x Limbo Mark 10 A/S mortar |
Somali sailors on the HMS Venus.
HMS Venus (R50) was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, of Govan, Scotland and launched on 23 February 1943. She participated in the Battle of the Malacca Strait with HMS Saumarez, Verulam, Vigilant, and Virago which cumulated in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Haguro on 16 May 1945.
In 1946, Venus and Virago participated in the rescue of crew from the British Tanker Empire Cross, which caught fire, exploded and sank at Haifa, Palestine,[1] with the loss of up to 25 lives.[2]
She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F50. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[3]
Venus was sold for scrapping in 1972.
References[]
- ↑ Mitchell, W.H.; Sawyer, L.A. (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. not cited. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
- ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". 5 August 1946. - ↑ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
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.
- 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.
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