Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer G94

HMS Serapis (G94)

S-class destroyer

HMS Serapis (G94)
Winterbergen / Anefo — http://proxy.handle.net/10648/a8de2c6c-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84 — CC0 — Wikimedia Commons Plate — G94 Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Vertrek Piet Hein uit Rotterdam voor wereldreis Datum : 27 augustus 1950 Locatie : Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland Trefwoorden : SCHEPEN, VERTREKKEN Persoonsnaam : HEIN PIET Fotograaf : Winterbergen, […] / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende : Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort : Glasnegatief Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk t

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Serapis23 December 1943 — 5 October 1945619 days of the war
  2. Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Piet Hein5 October 1945 — 1962
S-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Serapis
Pennant / hull number
G94
Builder
Scotts, Greenock
Ordered
9 January 1941
Laid down
14 August 1941
Launched
25 March 1943
Commissioned
23 December 1943
Fate
Sold for scrap 1962 (1962)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,710 long tons (1,737 t)
Length
110.34 m (362 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
4.27 m (14 ft)
Speed
36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
Complement
180
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)

HMS Serapis was a S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number G94. Her keel was laid at Scotts, Greenock on 14 August 1941. She entered service on 23 December 1943, having been launched on 25 March 1943.

111 ships of the class were built.

Displacement was 1,710 long tons. She measured 110.3 m (362 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 180. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.

She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Serapis until 5 October 1945. She then passed to the Royal Netherlands Navy, serving as HNLMS Piet Hein from 5 October 1945. She was in commission for 619 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in 1962.

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 shaft Parsons geared turbines
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 40000 shp
Armament
  • 4 × 4.7-inch (120 mm) QF Mk IX guns (4×1)
  • 2 × 40 mm Bofors (1x2)
  • 8 × 20 mm guns anti-aircraft guns
  • 8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (2×4)

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Serapis (G94) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Winterbergen / Anefo — http://proxy.handle.net/10648/a8de2c6c-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84 — CC0 — Wikimedia Commons