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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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