HMS Harvester (H19)
Brazilian H-class destroyer
Service
- as Jurua? — 5 September 19394 days of the war
- as HMS Handy23 May 1940 — 11 March 19431,022 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Harvester
- Pennant / hull number
- H19
- Builder
- Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
- Ordered
- 6 December 1937
- Laid down
- 3 June 1938
- Launched
- 29 September 1939
- Commissioned
- 23 May 1940
- Fate
- Sunk, 11 March 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,883 long tons (1,913 t)
- Length
- 98.45 m (323 ft)
- Beam
- 10.06 m (33 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 5,530 nmi (10,242 km)
- Complement
- 145
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Harvester was a Brazilian H-class destroyer of the Brazilian Navy. She carried the pennant number H19. Her keel was laid at Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness on 3 June 1938. She entered service on 23 May 1940, having been launched on 29 September 1939.
She displaced 1,350 long tons standard and 1,883 long tons at full load. She measured 98.5 m (323 ft) long with a beam of 10.1 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 145. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
34,000 shp drove two shafts.
She served with the Brazilian Navy as Jurua until 5 September 1939. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Handy from 23 May 1940. She was in commission for 1,026 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 11 March 1943, at 51°23′N 28°40′W. 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 shafts
- Parsons geared steam turbines
- 3 Admiralty water-tube boilers
- Power
- 34000 shp
- Armament
- 3 × 1 - QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns
- 2 × 4 - .50 cal machine guns
- 2 × 4 - 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 110 × depth charges, 3 rails and 8 throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Harvester (H19) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 22661 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons