HMS Faulknor (H62)
Service
- as Faulknor24 May 1935 — 25 July 19452,154 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Faulknor
- Pennant / hull number
- H62
- Namesake
- Robert Faulknor
- Builder
- Yarrows, Scotstoun
- Ordered
- 17 March 1933
- Laid down
- 31 July 1933
- Launched
- 12 June 1934
- Commissioned
- 24 May 1935
- Decommissioned
- 25 July 1945
- Fate
- Sold, 21 January 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,475 long tons (1,499 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,010 long tons (2,042 t)
- Length
- 104.55 m (343 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.06 m (33 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 175
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Faulknor was a destroyer of the F-class destroyer flotilla leader built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number H62. She was named for Robert Faulknor. Her keel was laid at Yarrows, Scotstoun on 31 July 1933. She entered service on 24 May 1935, having been launched on 12 June 1934.
Eleven ships of the class were built. The class followed the C and D-class destroyer and was succeeded by the G and H-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,475 long tons standard and 2,010 long tons at full load. She measured 104.5 m (343 ft) long with a beam of 10.1 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 175.
Her main battery was five 119 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 38,000 shp.
She was in commission for 2,154 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 25 July 1945.
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 × shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 38000 shp
- Armament
- 5 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
- 2 × quadruple 0.5 in AA machine guns
- 2 × quadruple 21 in torpedo tubes
- 20 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Faulknor (H62) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/498/766/large_000000.jpg?_ga=2.223093339.1749707589.1567458745-5946463.1557508434 This photograph A 17865 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons