HMS Milne (G14)
Service
- as HMS Milne6 August 1942 — 27 April 19591,123 days of the war
- as Alp Arslan29 June 1959 — 1970
- Name
- HMS Milne
- Pennant / hull number
- G14
- Builder
- Scotts, Greenock
- Laid down
- 24 January 1940
- Launched
- 30 December 1941
- Commissioned
- 6 August 1942
- Fate
- Discarded 1970 (1970)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,935 long tons (1,966 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,750 long tons (2,794 t)
- Length
- 110.34 m (362 ft) OA
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Draught
- 4.27 m (14 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 5,500 nmi (10,186 km)
- Complement
- 224
- Main gun
- 119 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Milne was a M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number G14. Scotts, Greenock laid her keel on 24 January 1940. She entered service on 6 August 1942, having been launched on 30 December 1941.
She was one of seven ships of her class. The class followed the None and was succeeded by the Quebec-class submarine.
She displaced 1,935 long tons standard and 2,750 long tons at full load. She measured 110.3 m (362 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 224.
Her main battery was six 119 mm (4.7 in) guns in three twin mountings. Her machinery developed 48,000 shp.
She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Milne until 27 April 1959. She then passed to the Turkish Navy, serving as Alp Arslan from 29 June 1959. She was in commission for 1,123 days of the Second World War.
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Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × shafts
- 2 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 48000 shp
- 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- Armament
- 3 × twin 4.7 in Mk XI dual-purpose guns
- 1 × single QF 4 in Mk V anti-aircraft gun
- 1 × quadruple QF 2-pdr (40 mm) Mk VIII AA guns
- 2 × single Oerlikon 20 mm AA guns
- 2 × quadruple, 2 × twin 0.5 in (12.7 mm) Vickers Mark III anti-aircraft machineguns
- 1 × quadruple 21 in torpedo tubes
- 42 × depth charges, 2 × racks, 2 × throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Milne (G14) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 7744 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons