Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Norwegian Navy — Destroyer L14

HMS Beaufort (L14)

Type II Hunt-class destroyer

HMS Beaufort (L14)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 1701 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — L14 Photograph of British Hunt class destroyer HMS Beaufort.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Beaufort3 November 1941 — 19521,399 days of the war
  2. Royal Norwegian Navy as Haugesund? — 19652,193 days of the war
Type II Hunt-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Beaufort
Pennant / hull number
L14
Builder
Cammell Laird
Ordered
4 September 1940
Laid down
17 July 1940
Launched
9 June 1941
Commissioned
3 November 1941
Fate
Sold for breaking up in 1965 (1965)
Status
Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
Displacement, full load
1,490 long tons (1,514 t)
Length
85.34 m (280 ft)
Beam
9.62 m (31.6 ft)
Draught
2.51 m (8.2 ft)
Speed
25.5 knots (47.2 km/h, 29.3 mph)
Range
3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
Complement
164
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

HMS Beaufort was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L14. Cammell Laird laid her keel on 17 July 1940. Launched on 9 June 1941, she entered service on 3 November 1941.

She displaced 1,050 long tons standard and 1,490 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 9.6 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 25.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 164. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.

She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Beaufort until 1952. She then passed to the Royal Norwegian Navy, serving as Haugesund. She was in commission for 3,592 days of the Second World War.

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; 19,000 shp
Armament
  • 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • AAA - 2 × 4 12.7mm Vickers, 2 × 20 mm
  • 6 Thornycroft depth charge throwers

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Beaufort (L14) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 1701 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons