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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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