HMS Barrosa (D68)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Barrosa.
HMS Barrosa (D68) was a later or 1943 Battle-class fleet destroyer of the Royal Navy.
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Name | HMS Barrosa |
Ordered | 1943 |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
Yard number | 615 |
Laid down | 28 December 1943 |
Launched | 17 January 1945 |
Commissioned | 14 February 1947 |
Decommissioned | 1968 |
Fate | Broken up 1978 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Battle-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,480 tons standard |
Length | 379 ft (116 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 6 in (12.34 m) |
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Propulsion | Oil fired, two three-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines, twin screws, 50,000 hp (37 MW) |
Speed | 35.75 knots (66.21 km/h) |
Complement | 268 |
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