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Name Official number Flag IMO
ACASTA    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1929  08/08/1929  14/02/1930 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Torpedo Boat Destroyer  Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank Clydebank  525 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 1350 disp 323 ft oa  32 ft 3 in    12 ft 3 in 
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 3 Yarrow 3 drum boilers, oil, 32,000shp giving 35 knots 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Admiralty     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
Destroyer, A and B Class - H.09

Battle Honours: ATLANTIC 1939-40 - NORWAY 1940 - SCHARNHORST action 1940 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1940  Gunfire 08/06/1940 
Disposal Detail
Sunk by the battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisnau while defending HMS Glorious. There was only one survivour, Leading Seaman C G Carter. During the action she hit and damaged the Scharnhorst with a torpedo 
 

 

Acasta 1933
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Acasta 1935
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Acasta RAS Queen Elizabeth 18-7-36 off Alexandria
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