HMS Firedrake (H79)
Service
- as Firedrake30 May 1935 — 17 December 19421,203 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Firedrake
- Pennant / hull number
- H79
- Namesake
- firedrake
- Builder
- Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Wallsend
- Ordered
- 17 March 1933
- Laid down
- 5 July 1933
- Launched
- 28 June 1934
- Commissioned
- 30 May 1935
- Fate
- Sunk, 16/17 December 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,405 long tons (1,428 t)
- Length
- 100.28 m (329 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.06 m (33 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Range
- 6,350 nmi (11,760 km)
- Complement
- 145
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Firedrake was a F-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number H79. She was named for firedrake. Her keel was laid at Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Wallsend on 5 July 1933. She entered service on 30 May 1935, having been launched on 28 June 1934.
She was one of eleven ships of her class. The class followed the C and D-class destroyer and was succeeded by the G and H-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,405 long tons. She measured 100.3 m (329 ft) long with a beam of 10.1 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 35.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 145.
Her main battery was four 119 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 36,000 shp.
She was in commission for 1,203 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 17 December 1942, at 50°50′N 25°15′W. 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 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 36000 shp
- Armament
- 4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
- 2 × quadruple 0.5 in machine guns
- 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 20 × depth charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Firedrake (H79) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 10040 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) Transferred from en.wikipedia (Original text : HMS Firedrake Association ) Original uploader was Shem1805 at en.wikipedia — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons