Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer L68

HMS Eridge (L68)

Hunt-class destroyer

HMS Eridge (L68)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 11832 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — L68 British destroyer HMS ERIDGE underway.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Eridge28 February 1941 — 19461,647 days of the war
Hunt-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Eridge
Pennant / hull number
L68
Builder
Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear
Laid down
21 November 1939
Launched
20 August 1940
Commissioned
28 February 1941
Fate
Sold for scrap, 1946 (1946)
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 Eridge was a Hunt-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L68. Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear laid her keel on 21 November 1939. Launched on 20 August 1940, she entered service on 28 February 1941.

She was one of 24 ships of her class.

Displacement was 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 1,647 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in 1946.

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 Eridge (L68) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 11832 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons