HMS Lewes (G68)
Service
- as Craven19 October 1918 — 23 October 1940418 days of the war
- as Lewes23 October 1940 — 19451,775 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Lewes
- Pennant / hull number
- G68
- Namesake
- Commander Tunis Craven
- Builder
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard
- Laid down
- 20 November 1917
- Launched
- 29 June 1918
- Commissioned
- 19 October 1918
- Decommissioned
- 15 June 1922
- Recommissioned
- 9 August 1940
- Fate
- Scuttled 25 May 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,020 long tons (1,036 t)
- Length
- 96.01 m (315 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.45 m (31 ft)
- Draught
- 2.44 m (8 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Complement
- 146
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Lewes was a Caldwell-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number G68. She was named for Commander Tunis Craven. Her keel was laid at Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 20 November 1917. Launched on 29 June 1918, she entered service on 19 October 1918.
Her class ran to six ships. The class followed the Sampson-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Wickes-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,020 long tons. She measured 96.0 m (315 ft) long with a beam of 9.4 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 146.
Her main battery was four 102 mm (4 in) guns. Her machinery developed 20,000 shp.
She served with the United States Navy as Craven until 23 October 1940. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as Lewes from 23 October 1940. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 June 1922. She recommissioned on 9 August 1940.
She was scuttled on 25 May 1946. 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
- Thornycroft boilers, Parsons geared turbines, two shafts
- Power
- 20000 shp
- Armament
- 4 x 4 in/50 cal. guns
- 1 x 1.1 in AA
- later 1 x 3 in gun
- 2 x triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Lewes (G68) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — This image has been extracted from another file — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons