Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer R08

HMS Hardy (R08)

V-class destroyer

HMS Hardy (R08)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 9572 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — R08 Photograph of British destroyer HMS Hardy .

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS HardyAugust 1943 — 30 January 1944180 days of the war
V-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Hardy
Pennant / hull number
R08
Builder
John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Ordered
1 September 1941
Laid down
14 May 1942
Launched
18 March 1943
Commissioned
August 1943
Fate
Scuttled after being torpedoed on 30 January 1944 (1944)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,777 long tons (1,806 t)
Displacement, full load
2,058 long tons (2,091 t)
Length
110.64 m (363 ft)
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.05 m (10 ft)
Speed
37 knots (68.5 km/h, 42.6 mph)
Range
4,860 nmi (9,001 km)
Complement
180
Main gun
40 mm (1.6 in)

HMS Hardy was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R08. Her keel was laid at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland on 14 May 1942. Launched on 18 March 1943, she entered service in August 1943.

Her class ran to 30 ships. The class followed the Nelson-class battleship and was succeeded by the Lion-class battleship.

She displaced 1,777 long tons standard and 2,058 long tons at full load. She measured 110.6 m (363 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 37 knots, and she carried a complement of 180. Her main battery was of 40 mm (1.6 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 180 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 30 January 1944, at 73°40′N 24°30′E. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers
  • Geared steam turbines, 40000 shp
  • 2 shafts
Armament
  • Original configuration :
  • 4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk IX guns in single mountings CP Mk.XXII
  • 2 × QF 40 mm Bofors guns in twin mount Mk.IV
  • 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns; 2 × twin mounts Mk.V, 2 × single mounts Mk.III
  • 2 × quadruple tubes for 21 inch torpedoes Mk.IX

Sister ships

5 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Hardy (R08) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 9572 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons