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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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