Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer H80

HMS Brazen (H80)

B-class destroyer

HMS Brazen (H80)
Perkins, Richard — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — H80 Photograph of British destroyer HMS Brazen .

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Brazen? — 20 July 1940323 days of the war
B-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Brazen
Pennant / hull number
H80
Builder
Palmers, Hebburn
Ordered
22 March 1929
Laid down
22 July 1929
Launched
25 July 1930
Fate
Sunk by German aircraft, 20 July 1940
By aircraft (1940)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,360 long tons (1,382 t)
Length
98.45 m (323 ft) OA
Beam
9.75 m (32 ft)
Draught
3.66 m (12 ft)
Speed
35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
Range
4,800 nmi (8,890 km)
Complement
142
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)

HMS Brazen was a B-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number H80. Palmers, Hebburn laid her keel on 22 July 1929. She was launched on 25 July 1930.

Nine ships of the class were built. The class followed the HMS Ambuscade (D38) and HMS Amazon (D39) and was succeeded by the C and D-class destroyer.

She displaced 1,360 long tons. She measured 98.5 m (323 ft) long with a beam of 9.8 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 142.

Her main battery was four 119 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 34,000 shp.

She was in commission for 323 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 20 July 1940 by aircraft, at 51°01′N 1°17′E. The wreck survives.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Power
  • 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 34000 shp
Armament
  • 4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
  • 2 × single 2 pdr (40 mm) AA guns
  • 2 × quadruple 21 in torpedo tubes
  • 1 × depth charge rail and 2 throwers; 20 × depth charges

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