Royal Navy — Destroyer
HMS Grove
Type II Hunt-class destroyer
- Displacement
- 1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
- Length
- 85.04 m (279 ft)
- Beam
- 9.45 m (31 ft)
- Speed
- 27 knots (50 km/h, 31.1 mph)
- Complement
- 164
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as HMS Grove5 February 1942 — 12 June 1942127 days of the war
Type II Hunt-class destroyer
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Grove
- Builder
- Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear
- Laid down
- 28 August 1940
- Launched
- 29 May 1941
- Commissioned
- 5 February 1942
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk on 12 June 1942
By torpedo (1942) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,430 long tons (1,453 t)
- Length
- 85.04 m (279 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.45 m (31 ft)
- Draught
- 2.44 m (8 ft)
- Speed
- 27 knots (50 km/h, 31.1 mph)
- Range
- 3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
- Complement
- 164
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Grove was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear laid her keel on 28 August 1940. Launched on 29 May 1941, she entered service on 5 February 1942.
She displaced 1,050 long tons standard and 1,430 long tons at full load. She measured 85.0 m (279 ft) long with a beam of 9.4 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 27 knots, and she carried a complement of 164. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 127 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 12 June 1942 by torpedo, at 32°05′N 25°30′E. 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
- Two Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- Two shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp
- Armament
- 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
- 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
- 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
- 110 depth charges, two throwers, three racks
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Grove on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.