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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| WATCHMAN |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1918 |
01/12/1917 |
26/01/1918 |
| 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 |
467 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 1100 disp |
312 ft |
29 ft 6 in |
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10 ft 6 in |
| Engine builder |
, |
| Engine detail |
| 2-shaft Brown-Curtis single reduction geared turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers, Oil, 27,000shp giving 34 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, W Class - G.23, D.26, I.26
April 1943 taken in hand for conversion to a Long Range Escort
Battle Honours: ATLANTIC 1940-41 - NORMANDY 1944 - ARCTIC 1944 - ENGLISH CHANNEL 1944-45 |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1945 |
Broken Up 23/07/1945 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Sold for BU on 23/7/1945 to Ward, Inverkeithing |
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Watchman
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Watchman WWII
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Watchman 1943 as Long Range Escort
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