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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
AIREDALE |
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GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1941 |
12/08/1941 |
08/01/1942 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Naval Destroyer
| Steel Steam Turbine 1 Mast |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
Clydebank |
578 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
/ / 1067 disp |
280 ft oa |
31 ft 6in |
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12 ft 3in |
Engine builder |
, |
Engine detail |
2-shaft Parsons geared turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, oil, 19,000shp giving 27 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 |
Escort Destroyer, Hunt III Class - L.07
Battle Honours: ARCTIC 1942 - LIBYA 1942 |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1942 |
Scuttled 15/06/1942 |
Disposal Detail |
15/6/1942 while part of Operation Vigorous, eastern convoy to Malta, she was bombed and heavily damaged by Stuka dive bombers north-east of Derna, Libya. Finally scuttled |
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Airedale
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