HMS Bulldog (H91)
Service
- as Bulldog? — 27 May 19452,095 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Bulldog
- Pennant / hull number
- H91
- Namesake
- Bulldog
- Builder
- Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, United Kingdom
- Ordered
- 22 March 1929
- Laid down
- 10 August 1929
- Launched
- 6 December 1930
- Decommissioned
- 27 May 1945
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 22 December 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Scrapped
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 Bulldog was a B-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number H91. She was named for Bulldog. Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, United Kingdom laid her keel on 10 August 1929. She was launched on 6 December 1930.
Her class ran to nine ships. 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 2,095 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 27 May 1945.
She was broken up for scrap on 22 December 1945.
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 × 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
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Bulldog (H91) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — IWMCollections IWM Photo No.: FL 1817 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons