Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer H93

HMS Hereward (H93)

H-class destroyer

HMS Hereward (H93)
U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo NH 60580 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — H93 The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Hereward (H93), photographed from a US Army aircraft, 25 Km south of Alligator Light, Florida (USA), on 20 December 1939.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Hereward? — 29 May 1941635 days of the war
H-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Hereward
Pennant / hull number
H93
Builder
Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Laid down
28 February 1935
Launched
10 March 1936
Fate
Sunk by aircraft, 29 May 1941
By aircraft (1941)
Status
Wreck

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 Hereward was a H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number H93. Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker laid her keel on 28 February 1935. She was launched on 10 March 1936.

She was one of 23 ships of her class. The class followed the E and F-class destroyer and was succeeded by the I-class destroyer.

She displaced 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. 34,000 shp drove two shafts.

She was in commission for 635 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 29 May 1941 by aircraft, at 35°20′N 26°20′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
  • 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 .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns
  • 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × depth charge rail, 2 throwers and 20 × depth charges

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Hereward (H93) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo NH 60580 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons