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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| SKATE |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1917 |
11/01/1917 |
12/02/1917 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Naval Destroyer
| Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
Clydebank |
461 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 900 disp |
84.1m |
8.1m |
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2.7m |
| Engine builder |
, |
| Engine detail |
| 2 shaft Brown-Curtis turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers, oil, 27,000shp giving 36 knots. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Admiralty |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
Destroyer, R Class, 7th order – F.62, G.05, F.46, D.16, H.39
January 1940 modified for Convoy Defence
The last of the Rs and the oldest destroyer to see service with the Royal Navy during WWII
Battle Honours: ATLANTIC 1940-44 - ARCTIC 1943 - ENGLISH CHANNEL 1944
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| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1947 |
20/07/1947 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Arrived at Newport for breaking up, 20/7/1947. |
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Skate 1919
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Skate July 1936
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Skate Mersey 1942
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