HMS Myngs (R06)
Service
- as HMS Myngs23 June 1944 — 1955436 days of the war
- as El Qaher28 August 1956 — 1970
- Name
- HMS Myngs
- Pennant / hull number
- R06
- Builder
- Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
- Ordered
- 12 February 1942
- Laid down
- 27 May 1942
- Launched
- 31 May 1943
- Commissioned
- 23 June 1944
- Fate
- Sunk, 1970 (1970)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,710 long tons (1,737 t)
- Length
- 110.55 m (362.7 ft)
- Beam
- 10.88 m (35.7 ft)
- Speed
- 37 knots (68.5 km/h, 42.6 mph)
- Complement
- 186
- Main gun
- 114 mm (4.5 in)
HMS Myngs was a Z-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R06. Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker laid her keel on 27 May 1942. Launched on 31 May 1943, she entered service on 23 June 1944.
Seven ships of the class were built. The class followed the U and V-class destroyer and was succeeded by the C-class destroyer (1943).
She displaced 1,710 long tons. She measured 110.5 m (363 ft) long with a beam of 10.9 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 37 knots, and she carried a complement of 186. Her main battery was of 114 mm (4.5 in) calibre.
She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Myngs until 1955. She was in commission for 436 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk in 1970. 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
- Geared turbines
- two shafts
- 40000 hp
- Armament
- 4 х 4.5 in guns
- 5 х 40 mm guns
- 8 х torpedo tubes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Myngs (R06) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//19/media-19669/large.jpg This photograph FL 16599 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons