HMS Foxhound (H69)
Service
- as Foxhound6 June 1935 — 8 February 19441,621 days of the war
- as Qu'Appelle8 February 1944 — 26 May 1946572 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Foxhound
- Pennant / hull number
- H69
- Laid down
- 21 August 1933
- Launched
- 12 October 1934
- Commissioned
- 6 June 1935
- Decommissioned
- 8 February 1944
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, December 1947 (1947)
- Status
- Scrapped
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 Foxhound was a E and F-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number H69. Her keel was laid on 21 August 1933. Launched on 12 October 1934, she entered service on 6 June 1935.
Her class ran to eleven ships. 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 served with the Royal Navy as Foxhound until 8 February 1944. She then passed to the Royal Canadian Navy, serving as Qu'Appelle from 8 February 1944. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 8 February 1944.
She was broken up for scrap in December 1947.
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 Foxhound (H69) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 13264 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons