HMS Noble (G84)
N-class destroyer
Service
- as Noble2,193 days of the war
- as Van Galen? — October 19562,193 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Noble
- Pennant / hull number
- G84
- Builder
- William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
- Laid down
- 10 July 1939
- Launched
- 17 April 1941
- Struck
- October 1956
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 1957 (1957)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,773 long tons (1,801 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,384 long tons (2,422 t)
- Length
- 108.51 m (356 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 5,500 nmi (10,186 km)
- Complement
- 183
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Noble was a N-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number G84. Her keel was laid at William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton on 10 July 1939. She was launched on 17 April 1941.
Displacement was 1,773 long tons standard and 2,384 long tons at full load. She measured 108.5 m (356 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 183. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
40,000 shp drove two shafts.
She served with the Royal Navy as Noble. She then passed to the Royal Netherlands Navy, serving as Van Galen. She was in commission for 4,386 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register in October 1956.
She was broken up for scrap in 1957.
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
- 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 40000 shp
- Armament
- 3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk XII guns
- 1 × single QF 4-inch Mk V (102 mm) AA gun
- 4 × single 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns
- 2 × twin QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III machineguns
- 1 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 45 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Noble (G84) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Centrum voor Audiovisuele Dienstverlening Koninklijke Marine (CAVDKM) — https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/foto-s/detail/69b117f8-2334-032c-51d1-7e0a6b93db35/media/cb4ef4fa-7ba7-22c5-9923-75863db85d30 — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Wikimedia Commons