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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
WATCHMAN
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1918
01/12/1917
26/01/1918
Vessel type
Vessel description
Naval Destroyer
Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Clydebank
467
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
/ / 1100 disp
312 ft
29 ft 6 in
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.
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Admiralty
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
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
End year
Fate / Status
1945
Broken Up 23/07/1945
Disposal Detail
Handed over to BISCO and allocated to T W Ward Ltd for demolition at Inverkeithing on 23/7/1945
Watchman
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Watchman WWII
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Watchman 1943 as Long Range Escort
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