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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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