HMS Cottesmore (L78)
Type I Hunt-class destroyer
- Displacement
- 1,000 long tons (1,016 t)
- Length
- 85.34 m (280 ft)
- Beam
- 8.84 m (29 ft)
- Speed
- 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h, 31.6 mph)
- Complement
- 146
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as HMS Cottesmore29 December 1940 — 20 April 19501,709 days of the war
- as Ibrahim el Awal20 April 1950 — in service
- Name
- HMS Cottesmore
- Pennant / hull number
- L78
- Namesake
- Cottesmore Hunt, Rutland
- Builder
- Yarrow, Scotstoun
- Ordered
- 21 March 1939
- Laid down
- 12 December 1939
- Launched
- 5 September 1940
- Commissioned
- 29 December 1940
- Fate
- Sold to Egyptian Navy 20 April 1950 (1950)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,000 long tons (1,016 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,360 long tons (1,382 t)
- Length
- 85.34 m (280 ft) OA
- Beam
- 8.84 m (29 ft)
- Draught
- 2.13 m (7 ft)
- Speed
- 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h, 31.6 mph)
- Range
- 2,500 nmi (4,630 km)
- Complement
- 146
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Cottesmore was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L78. She was named for Cottesmore Hunt. Her keel was laid at Yarrow, Scotstoun on 12 December 1939. She entered service on 29 December 1940, having been launched on 5 September 1940.
She displaced 1,000 long tons standard and 1,360 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 8.8 m (29 ft). Her designed speed was 27.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 146. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Cottesmore until 20 April 1950. She was in commission for 1,709 days of the Second World War.
She was transferred on 20 April 1950.
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
- 4 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX
- 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk VIII AA guns (1 × quad mount)
- 30 depth charges
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Cottesmore (L78) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.