Royal Navy — Cruiser
F45
HMS Hector (F45)
- Length
- 152.03 m (498.8 ft)
- Beam
- 18.99 m (62.3 ft)
- Speed
- 15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
Service
- as Hector20 December 1939 — 5 April 1942837 days of the war
HMS Hector (F45)
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Hector
- Pennant / hull number
- F45
- Namesake
- Hector
- Builder
- Scotts Shilbuilding & Eng Co
- Launched
- 18 June 1924
- Commissioned
- 20 December 1939
- Fate
- Sunk by air attack 5 April 1942
Refloated and scrapped 1946 (1942) - Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Length
- 152.03 m (498.8 ft)
- Beam
- 18.99 m (62.3 ft)
- Draught
- 8.05 m (26.4 ft)
- Speed
- 15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
HMS Hector was a cruiser in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number F45. She was named for Hector. She was built by Scotts Shilbuilding & Eng Co. Launched on 18 June 1924, she entered service on 20 December 1939.
She measured 152.0 m (499 ft) long with a beam of 19.0 m (62 ft). Her designed speed was 15 knots.
She was in commission for 837 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap on 5 April 1942.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- steam turbines; twin screws
- Armament
- as armed merchant cruiser:
- 6 × BL 6-inch Mk XII guns
- 2 × QF 3-inch 20 cwt AA guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Hector (F45) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.