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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
ROTHERHAM
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1942
21/03/1942
27/08/1942
Vessel type
Vessel description
Naval Destroyer
Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Clydebank
575
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
/ / 1750 disp
358 ft 3 in
35 ft 8 in
14 ft 1 in
Engine builder
,
Engine detail
2-shaft Parsons Geared Turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, oil, 40,000shp giving 36.75 knots
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Admiralty
Other names
1949 RAJPUT
Subsequent owner and registration history
29/7/1949 Transferred to India being renamed RAJPUT
Vessel history
Destroyer, Q and R Class - H.09
Battle Honours: SABANG 1944 - BURMA 1945
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1976
Broken Up
Disposal Detail
Scrapped in 1976
Rotherham leaving Clydebank
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Rotherham 1946
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Rajput
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