Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer H01

HMS Hotspur (H01)

H-class destroyer

HMS Hotspur (H01)
photographer not identified — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — H01 AWM caption : "PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMS HOTSPUR (H01) . SHE IS PAINTED IN AN UNOFFICIAL CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME, THE COLOURS PROBABLY 507A, THE DARKER GREY, AND 507C, THE LIGHTER. HER AFTER TORPEDO TUBES HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY A 12 POUNDER AA GUN."

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Hotspur? — 23 November 19482,193 days of the war
  2. as Trujillo23 November 1948 — 1972
H-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Hotspur
Pennant / hull number
H01
Builder
Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland
Ordered
13 December 1934
Laid down
27 February 1935
Launched
23 March 1936
Fate
Sold for scrap, 1972 (1972)
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 Hotspur was a H-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number H01. Her keel was laid at Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland on 27 February 1935. She was launched on 23 March 1936.

23 ships of the class were built. The class followed the E and F-class destroyer and was succeeded by the I-class destroyer.

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 of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.

Her machinery developed 34,000 shp through two shafts.

She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Hotspur until 23 November 1948. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in 1972.

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, Parsons geared steam turbines
  • 3 Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers
Power
  • 34000 shp
Armament
  • 4 × 1 - QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns
  • 2 × 4 - .50 cal machine guns
  • 2 × 4 - 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 20 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Hotspur (H01) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: photographer not identified — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons