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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
TROUBRIDGE |
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GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1943 |
23/09/1942 |
08/03/1943 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Naval Destroyer
| Steel Steam Turbine |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
Clydebank |
591 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
1730 grt / / 2545 disp |
339 ft 6 in |
35 ft 8 in |
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14 ft |
Engine builder |
Parsons Marine Turbine Co. Ltd., Newcastle |
Engine detail |
Parsons geared turbines driving twin screws, 40,000 shp giving speed of 36.75 knots. |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Royal Navy |
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Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
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Vessel history |
Originally a T class destroyer Pennant No. D40. Served in Mediterranean 1943-44 Served in Far East 1944. Converted to a Type 15 Anti Submarine Frigate in 1955 Pennant No. F09 then served in West Indies. Decommissioned on 27th March 1969. |
Remarks |
Forever associated with the radio comedy series The Navy Lark whose accident-prone HMS TROUTBRIDGE was a play on TROUBRIDGE's name. |
End year |
Fate / Status |
1970 |
Broken Up 05/05/1970 |
Disposal Detail |
Arrived at Newport,Monmouthshire,5 May 1970 for demolition by John Cashmore Ltd. |
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As converted
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