HMS Havock (H43)

H-class destroyer

Service

Royal Navy as Havock? — 6 April 1942948 days of the war

H-class destroyer Particulars

Name: HMS Havock
Pennant / hull number: H43
Builder: William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Laid down: 15 May 1935
Launched: July 1936
Fate: Ran aground and wrecked, 6 April 1942 (1942)
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: 137
Main gun: 120 mm (4.7 in)

HMS Havock was a H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number H43. Her keel was laid at William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton on 15 May 1935. She was launched in July 1936.

23 ships of the class were built. The class followed the E and F-class destroyer and was succeeded by the I-class destroyer.

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 137.

Her main battery was four 119 mm (4.7 in) guns. 34,000 shp drove two shafts.

She was in commission for 948 days of the Second World War.

She was wrecked on 6 April 1942, at 36°52′N 11°08′E.

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

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Power: 34000 shp
3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Armament: 4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
2 × quadruple 0.5 in AA machineguns
2 × quadruple 21 in torpedo tubes
20 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers

Sister ships

Sources

Facts harvested from HMS Havock (H43) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Unknown author — U-Boat.net — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons