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

HMS Blankney

Hunt-class destroyer

HMS Blankney
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 2355 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Photograph of British Hunt class destroyer HMS Blankney

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Blankney11 April 1941 — 19581,605 days of the war
Hunt-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Blankney
Builder
John Brown & Company
Ordered
4 September 1939
Laid down
17 May 1940
Launched
19 December 1940
Commissioned
11 April 1941
Fate
Scrapped in 1958 (1958)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
Displacement, full load
1,430 long tons (1,453 t)
Length
85.3 m (279.9 ft) OA
Beam
9.6 m (31.5 ft)
Draught
2.51 m (8.2 ft)
Speed
27 knots (50 km/h, 31.1 mph)
Range
3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
Complement
164
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

HMS Blankney was a Hunt-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid at John Brown & Company on 17 May 1940. She entered service on 11 April 1941, having been launched on 19 December 1940.

24 ships of the class were built.

Displacement was 1,050 long tons standard and 1,430 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 9.6 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 27 knots, and she carried a complement of 164. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 1,605 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in 1958.

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 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19000 shp
Armament
  • 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
  • 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Blankney on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 2355 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons