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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
GARTH
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1940
14/02/1940
01/07/1940
Vessel type
Vessel description
Naval Destroyer
Steel Steam Turbine 1 Mast
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Clydebank
562
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
/ / 907 disp
280 ft oa
29 ft
12 ft 6 in
Engine builder
,
Engine detail
2-shaft Parsons geared turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, oil, 19,000shp giving 28 knots
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Admiralty
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
Vessel history
Escort Destroyer, Hunt Type 1 - L20
Battle Honours: NORTH SEA 1941-45 - ENGLISH CHANNEL 1942-44 - DIEPPE 1942 - NORMANDY 1944
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1958
Broken Up 15/08/1958
Disposal Detail
Arrived at Ward, Barrow, for scrapping 15/8/1958
Garth prior to launch.
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Garth 1941
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Garth 1941
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