Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer L08

HMS Exmoor (L08)

Hunt-class destroyer destroyer

HMS Exmoor (L08)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 3708 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — L08 Aerial photograph of British Hunt Class destroyer HMS Exmoor. NOTE : This was the second HMS Exmoor , launched in 1941.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Burton18 October 1941 — November 19451,415 days of the war
  2. Royal Danish Navy as HDMS Valdemar Sejr1954 — 1966
Hunt-class destroyer destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Exmoor
Pennant / hull number
L08
Namesake
A fox hunt in Derbyshire, England
Builder
Swan Hunter, Wallsend
Ordered
20 December 1939
Laid down
7 June 1940
Launched
12 March 1941
Commissioned
18 October 1941
Decommissioned
November 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping 1966 (1966)
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 Exmoor was a Hunt-class destroyer destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L08. The ship was named after A fox hunt in Derbyshire. Swan Hunter, Wallsend laid her keel on 7 June 1940. She entered service on 18 October 1941, having been launched on 12 March 1941.

24 ships of the class were built.

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 served with the Royal Navy as HMS Burton until November 1945. She then passed to the Royal Danish Navy, serving as HDMS Valdemar Sejr from 1954. She was in commission for 1,415 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in November 1945.

She was broken up for scrap in 1966.

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 guns 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 Exmoor (L08) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 3708 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons