Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer D19

HMS Malcolm (D19)

Admiralty-type (or Scott-class) destroyer leader

HMS Malcolm (D19)
Unknown author — U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo 80-G-319661 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — D19 The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Malcolm (I19) receiving the surrender of the German submarine U-541 in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Cape St. Vincent, Spain, on 11 May 1945. The photo was taken from a U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina of Patrol Bombing Squadron 63 (VPB-63), piloted by Lieutenant W.D. Ray, from Naval Air Station Port Lyautey, Morocco. Note the retrobomb anti-submarine rockets under

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Malcolm14 December 1919 — 27 July 19452,156 days of the war
Admiralty-type (or Scott-class) destroyer leader Particulars
Name
HMS Malcolm
Pennant / hull number
D19
Builder
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down
27 March 1918
Launched
29 May 1919
Commissioned
14 December 1919
Decommissioned
27 July 1945
Fate
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 25 July 1945 (1945)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,530 long tons (1,555 t)
Length
101.19 m (332 ft)
Beam
9.45 m (31 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
36.5 knots (67.6 km/h, 42 mph)
Complement
164
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)

HMS Malcolm was a destroyer of the Admiralty-type (or Scott-class) destroyer leader, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number D19. Her keel was laid at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead on 27 March 1918. She entered service on 14 December 1919, having been launched on 29 May 1919.

Displacement was 1,530 long tons. She measured 101.2 m (332 ft) long with a beam of 9.4 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 36.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 164. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 2,156 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 27 July 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 25 July 1945.

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

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Armament
  • 2 × BL 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns
  • 1 × 3-inch anti-aircraft gun
  • 2 × 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns
  • 1 × 1-pounder gun
  • 2 × 20 mm anti-aircraft guns
  • 3 × 21 in torpedo tubes

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Malcolm (D19) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo 80-G-319661 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons