Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer R25

HMS Carysfort (R25)

C-class destroyer (1943) destroyer

HMS Carysfort (R25)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 10028 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — R25 British C class destroyer HMS Carysfort underway

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Carysfort10 February 1945 — February 1969204 days of the war
C-class destroyer (1943) destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Carysfort
Pennant / hull number
R25
Builder
J. Samuel White & Co, Cowes
Laid down
12 May 1943
Launched
25 July 1944
Commissioned
10 February 1945
Fate
Sold for scrap to BISCO on 23 October 1970 and broken up by J Cashmore. She arrived in tow at the breakers yard in Newport on 15 November 1970. (1970)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,710 long tons (1,737 t)
Length
110.57 m (362.8 ft) OA
Beam
10.9 m (35.8 ft)
Draught
3.05 m (10 ft)
Speed
36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
Range
4,675 nmi (8,658 km)
Complement
186
Main gun
114 mm (4.5 in)

HMS Carysfort was a C-class destroyer (1943) destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R25. J. Samuel White & Co, Cowes laid her keel on 12 May 1943. Launched on 25 July 1944, she entered service on 10 February 1945.

Her class ran to 40 ships. The class followed the W and Z-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Weapon-class destroyer.

She displaced 1,710 long tons. She measured 110.6 m (363 ft) long with a beam of 10.9 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 186. Her main battery was of 114 mm (4.5 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 204 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap on 23 October 1970.

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
  • Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines
  • 40000 shp, 2 shafts
Armament
  • 4 × QF 4.5 in L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V
  • 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV, or
  • 4 × QF 2 pdr L/39 guns Mk.VIII on quad mount Mk.VII (Caprice only)
  • 4 × anti-aircraft mountings
  • Single Bofors 40 mm Mk.III
  • Single QF 2 - pdr Mk.VIII Mk.XVI
  • Single Oerlikon 20 mm P Mk.III
  • Twin Oerlikon 20 mm Mk.V
  • 10 (2x5) tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX
  • 4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges

Sister ships

15 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Carysfort (R25) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 10028 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons