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

HMS Tynedale

Hunt-class destroyer destroyer

HMS Tynedale
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 1676 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate British Hunt class destroyer HMS Tynedale

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Tynedale5 November 1940 — 12 December 19431,132 days of the war
Hunt-class destroyer destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Tynedale
Builder
Alexander Stephen and Sons
Ordered
11 April 1939
Laid down
27 July 1939
Launched
5 June 1940
Commissioned
5 November 1940
Fate
Sunk, 12 December 1943 (1943)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,000 long tons (1,016 t)
Displacement, full load
1,340 long tons (1,362 t)
Length
85.34 m (280 ft)
Beam
8.84 m (29 ft)
Draught
3.05 m (10 ft)
Speed
27.5 knots (50.9 km/h, 31.6 mph)
Range
3,500 nmi (6,482 km)
Complement
146
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

HMS Tynedale was a Hunt-class destroyer destroyer of the Royal Navy. Alexander Stephen and Sons laid her keel on 27 July 1939. She entered service on 5 November 1940, having been launched on 5 June 1940.

She was one of 24 ships of her class.

Displacement was 1,000 long tons standard and 1,340 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 8.8 m (29 ft). Her designed speed was 27.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 146. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 1,132 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 12 December 1943, at 37°10′N 6°05′E. 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
  • Two x Admiralty 3 drum boilers
  • Two shaft Parsons geared turbines
  • 19,000 shp
Armament
  • 4 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk. VIII AA guns on quad mount MK.VII
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on single mounts P Mk. III
  • 40 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Tynedale on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 1676 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons