HMS Broadway (H90)

HMS Broadway was a Clemson-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number H90. She was named for William H. Hunt. Her keel was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company on 20 August 1918. She entered service on 30 September 1920, having been launched on 14 February 1920.

Her class ran to 84 ships. The class followed the Wickes-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Farragut-class destroyer (1934).

Displacement was 1,215 long tons. She measured 95.7 m (314 ft) long with a beam of 9.4 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 101.

Her main battery was four 102 mm (4 in) guns.

She served with the United States Navy as USCGD Hunt (CG-18) until 8 October 1940. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Broadway (H90) from 8 October 1940. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 11 August 1922. She was struck from the register on 8 January 1941.

She was broken up for scrap in 1947.

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