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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
RELENTLESS
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1942
15/07/1942
30/11/1942
Vessel type
Vessel description
Naval Destroyer
Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Clydebank
590
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
/ / 1705 disp
358 ft 3in
35 ft 8in
14 ft 1in
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
Subsequent owner and registration history
Vessel history
Destroyer, Q and R Class - H.85
1949-51 conversion at Portsmouth into a Type 15 Frigate. Also known as the Rapid Class they were fast antisubmarine frigates
August 1968 paid off and placed in Reserve at Portsmouth
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1971
Broken Up 29/04/1971
Disposal Detail
Sold to Ward 29/4/1971 and BU at Inverkeithing
Relentless 1942 on the Clyde
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Relentless Malta 1945
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Relentless 1951
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