HMS Dulverton (L63)
Type II Hunt-class destroyer
- Displacement
- 1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
- Length
- 85.34 m (280 ft)
- Beam
- 9.62 m (31.6 ft)
- Speed
- 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h, 29.3 mph)
- Complement
- 164
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as HMS Dulverton28 September 1941 — 13 November 1943776 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Dulverton
- Pennant / hull number
- L63
- Builder
- Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan
- Ordered
- 4 September 1939
- Laid down
- 16 July 1940
- Launched
- 1 April 1941
- Commissioned
- 28 September 1941
- Fate
- Damaged and scuttled on 13 November 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,490 long tons (1,514 t)
- Length
- 85.34 m (280 ft)
- Beam
- 9.62 m (31.6 ft)
- Draught
- 2.51 m (8.2 ft)
- Speed
- 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h, 29.3 mph)
- Range
- 3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
- Complement
- 164
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Dulverton was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L63. Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan laid her keel on 16 July 1940. She entered service on 28 September 1941, having been launched on 1 April 1941.
Displacement was 1,050 long tons standard and 1,490 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 9.6 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 25.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 164. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 776 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 13 November 1943, at 36°50′N 27°30′E. The wreck survives.
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 shaft Parsons geared turbines; 19,000 shp
- Armament
- 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
- AAA – 2 × 4 12.7mm Vickers, 2 x 20 mm
- 6 Thornycroft depth charge throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Dulverton (L63) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.