HMS Wrangler (R48)
W-class destroyer
Service
- as Wrangler? — 29 November 19562,193 days of the war
- 29 November 1956 — 14 April 1976
- Name
- HMS Wrangler
- Pennant / hull number
- R48
- Builder
- Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
- Ordered
- 3 December 1941
- Laid down
- 23 September 1942
- Launched
- 29 September 1943
- Fate
- Sunk as target 14 April 1976 (1976)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications — As built
- Displacement, standard
- 1,710 long tons (1,737 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,530 long tons (2,571 t)
- Length
- 110.34 m (362 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 4.27 m (14 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 4,675 nmi (8,658 km)
- Complement
- 179
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Wrangler was a W-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R48. Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness laid her keel on 23 September 1942. She was launched on 29 September 1943.
She displaced 1,710 long tons standard and 2,530 long tons at full load. She measured 110.3 m (362 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 179. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
40,000 shp drove two shafts.
She served with the Royal Navy as Wrangler until 29 November 1956. She then passed to the South African Navy from 29 November 1956. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was expended as a target on 14 April 1976. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
This vessel is recorded in 2 configurations. Wartime refits changed armament and complement substantially, so each is kept separately rather than averaged into one set of figures. The figures above are as built.
As built
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 40000 shp
- Armament
- 4 × single 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns
- 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm AA guns
- 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm AA guns
- 2 × quadruple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 70 depth charges; 4 throwers, 2 rails
Where different
- Displacement, standard
- 2,300 long tons (2,337 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,700 long tons (2,743 t)
- Speed
- 31 knots (57.4 km/h, 35.7 mph)
- Complement
- 174
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
- Armament
- 1 × twin 4-inch (102 mm) guns
- 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm AA guns
- 2 × triple-barrelled Squid anti-submarine mortars
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Wrangler (R48) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 21789 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons