HMS Garland (H37)
Service
- as Garland? — 3 May 1940245 days of the war
- as Garland3 May 1940 — 24 September 19461,948 days of the war
- as Garland23 July 1946 — 23 July 1946
- as Garland14 November 1946 — 31 January 1964
- Name
- HMS Garland
- Pennant / hull number
- H37
- Builder
- Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Govan
- Laid down
- 22 August 1934
- Launched
- 24 October 1935
- Commissioned
- 3 May 1940
- Decommissioned
- 24 September 1946
- Fate
- Scrapped
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,883 long tons (1,913 t)
- Length
- 98.45 m (323 ft)
- Beam
- 10.06 m (33 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 5,530 nmi (10,242 km)
- Complement
- 137
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Garland was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number H37. Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Govan laid her keel on 22 August 1934. Launched on 24 October 1935, she entered service on 3 May 1940.
Her class ran to eleven ships.
Displacement was 1,350 long tons standard and 1,883 long tons at full load. She measured 98.5 m (323 ft) long with a beam of 10.1 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 137.
Her main battery was four 119 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 34,000 shp through two shafts.
She served with the Royal Navy as Garland until 3 May 1940. She then passed to the Polish Navy, serving as Garland from 3 May 1940. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as Garland from 23 July 1946. She then passed to the Royal Netherlands Navy, serving as Garland from 14 November 1946. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 24 September 1946.
She was broken up for scrap.
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
- 34000 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 rail and 2 throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Garland (H37) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: tormentor4555 — Polish Destroyer ORP Garland (H37) Near Scapa Flow 7th April 1945 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons