HMS Heythrop (L85)
- Displacement
- 1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
- Length
- 85.3 m (279.9 ft)
- Beam
- 9.6 m (31.5 ft)
- Speed
- 27 knots (50 km/h, 31.1 mph)
- Complement
- 164
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as Heythrop21 June 1941 — 20 March 1942272 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Heythrop
- Pennant / hull number
- L85
- Namesake
- Heythrop Hunt
- Builder
- Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear
- Ordered
- 4 September 1939
- Laid down
- 18 December 1939
- Launched
- 20 October 1940
- Commissioned
- 21 June 1941
- Fate
- Sunk by torpedo 20 March 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
- 85.3 m (279.9 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.6 m (31.5 ft)
- Draught
- 2.51 m (8.2 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 Heythrop was a Hunt-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L85. She was named for Heythrop Hunt. Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear laid her keel on 18 December 1939. Launched on 20 October 1940, she entered service on 21 June 1941.
She was one of 24 ships of her class.
Displacement was 1,050 long tons standard and 1,430 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 9.6 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 272 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 20 March 1942 by torpedo. 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 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19000 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, 2 throwers, 3 racks
Sister ships
- HMS Blankney
- HMS Bleasdale
- HMS Derwent (L83)
- HMS Eridge (L68)
- HMS Exmoor (L08)
- HMS Exmoor (L61)
- HMS Goathland
- HMS Hambledon (L37)
- HMS Haydon
- HMS Hursley
- HMS Hurworth (L28)
- HMS Lauderdale
- HMS Liddesdale
- HMS Melbreak
- HMS Penylan
- HMS Puckeridge
- HMS Quorn (L66)
- HMS Rockwood
- HMS Stevenstone
- HMS Tanatside
- HMS Tynedale
- HMS Wensleydale
- ORP Ślązak (L26)
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Heythrop (L85) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.