HMS Achates (H12)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Achates.
HMS Achates was an A-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s. Completed in 1930, she initially served with the Mediterranean Fleet. She was sunk on 31 December 1942 during the Battle of the Barents Sea.
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Achates after having 'A' gun replaced by a Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Achates |
Ordered | 6 March 1928 |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
Yard number | 526 |
Laid down | 11 September 1928 |
Launched | 4 October 1929 |
Commissioned | 27 March 1930 |
Motto | Fidus Achates (Latin: "Faithful Achates") |
Fate | Sunk, Battle of the Barents Sea, 31 December 1942 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | A-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 323 ft (98 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 134; 140 (1940) |
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