Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer L28

HMS Hurworth (L28)

Hunt-class destroyer

HMS Hurworth (L28)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 10027 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — L28 Photograph of British Hunt class destroyer HMS Hurworth

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Hurworth5 October 1941 — 22 October 1943747 days of the war
Hunt-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Hurworth
Pennant / hull number
L28
Builder
Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Ordered
20 December 1939
Laid down
10 April 1940
Launched
16 April 1941
Commissioned
5 October 1941
Fate
Sunk by a mine, 22 October 1943
By mine (1943)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
Displacement, full load
1,430 long tons (1,453 t)
Length
85.3 m (279.9 ft) OA
Beam
9.6 m (31.5 ft)
Draught
2.51 m (8.2 ft)
Speed
27 knots (50 km/h, 31.1 mph)
Range
2,560 nmi (4,741 km)
Complement
168
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

HMS Hurworth was a Hunt-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L28. Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker laid her keel on 10 April 1940. She entered service on 5 October 1941, having been launched on 16 April 1941.

24 ships of the class were built.

Displacement was 1,050 long tons standard and 1,430 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 9.6 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 27 knots, and she carried a complement of 168. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 747 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 22 October 1943 by mine, at 36°59′N 27°06′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
  • Two Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp
Armament
  • 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
  • 110 depth charges, two throwers, three racks

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Hurworth (L28) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 10027 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons