Royal Navy — Cruiser
F30
HMS Forfar (F30)
Service
- as 1920: Montrose4 September 1939 — 2 December 1940455 days of the war
HMS Forfar (F30)
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Forfar
- Pennant / hull number
- F30
- Builder
- Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Glasgow
- Launched
- 14 December 1920
- Commissioned
- 4 September 1939
- Fate
- Sunk 2 December 1940 (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Length
- 167.24 m (548.7 ft)
- Beam
- 21.4 m (70.2 ft)
- Draught
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Complement
- 193
HMS Forfar was a cruiser, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number F30. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Glasgow. She entered service on 4 September 1939, having been launched on 14 December 1920.
She measured 167.2 m (549 ft) long with a beam of 21.4 m (70 ft). Her designed speed was 17 knots, and she carried a complement of 193.
She was in commission for 455 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 2 December 1940, at 54°35′N 18°18′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 × screw propellers
- As built: 4 × Steam turbines, double reduction gearing
- By 1930: 6 × Steam turbines, single reduction gearing
- Power
- As built: 2,476 NHP
- by 1930: 2,524 NHP
- Armament
- As Armed Merchant Cruiser:
- 8 × 6-inch guns
- 2 × 3-inch guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Forfar (F30) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Marcel Gommers at Time Capsules — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons