Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer L62

HMS Croome (L62)

Type II Hunt-class destroyer

HMS Croome (L62)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 10826 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — L62 Aerial photograph of British destroyer HMS Croome underway.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Croome29 June 1941 — 13 August 19571,527 days of the war
Type II Hunt-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Croome
Pennant / hull number
L62
Builder
Alexander Stephen and Sons
Laid down
7 June 1940
Launched
30 January 1941
Commissioned
29 June 1941
Fate
Scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales on 13 August 1957. (1957)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
Displacement, full load
1,430 long tons (1,453 t)
Length
85.3 m (279.9 ft) OA
Beam
9.6 m (31.5 ft)
Draught
2.51 m (8.2 ft)
Speed
27 knots (50 km/h, 31.1 mph)
Range
3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
Complement
164
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

HMS Croome was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L62. Her keel was laid at Alexander Stephen and Sons on 7 June 1940. She entered service on 29 June 1941, having been launched on 30 January 1941.

She displaced 1,050 long tons standard and 1,430 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 9.6 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 27 knots, and she carried a complement of 164. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 1,527 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap on 13 August 1957.

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
  • 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
  • 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Croome (L62) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 10826 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons