HMS Barfleur (D80)
- Displacement
- 2,325 long tons (2,362 t)
- Length
- 115.52 m (379 ft)
- Beam
- 12.19 m (40 ft)
- Speed
- 35.8 knots (66.2 km/h, 41.1 mph)
- Complement
- 268
- Main gun
- 114 mm (4.5 in)
Service
- as HMS Barfleur14 September 1944 — 1966353 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Barfleur
- Pennant / hull number
- D80
- Builder
- Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
- Laid down
- 28 October 1942
- Launched
- 1 November 1943
- Commissioned
- 14 September 1944
- Fate
- Broken up 1966 (1966)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,325 long tons (2,362 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 3,430 long tons (3,485 t)
- Length
- 115.52 m (379 ft)
- Beam
- 12.19 m (40 ft)
- Draught
- 4.66 m (15.3 ft)
- Speed
- 35.8 knots (66.2 km/h, 41.1 mph)
- Range
- 4,400 nmi (8,149 km)
- Complement
- 268
- Main gun
- 114 mm (4.5 in)
HMS Barfleur was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number D80. Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom laid her keel on 28 October 1942. She entered service on 14 September 1944, having been launched on 1 November 1943.
She was one of two ships of her class. The class followed the Weapon-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Daring-class destroyer (1949).
Displacement was 2,325 long tons standard and 3,430 long tons at full load. She measured 115.5 m (379 ft) long with a beam of 12.2 m (40 ft). Her designed speed was 35.8 knots, and she carried a complement of 268. Her main battery was of 114 mm (4.5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 353 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1966.
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 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 2 boilers, 50000 shp
- Armament
- 2 × dual 4.5-inch (114 mm) gun
- 1 × single 4-inch (102 mm) gun
- 14 × Bofors 40 mm gun
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 1 × Squid mortar
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Barfleur (D80) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.