HMS Blean (L47)
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HMS Blean was a Type III Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Blean Beagles Hunt at the village of Blean just north of Canterbury. She had the shortest career of any of the Hunt-class destroyers.
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Name | HMS Blean |
Ordered | 28 July 1940 |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn-on-Tyne |
Laid down | 22 February 1941 |
Launched | 15 January 1942 |
Commissioned | 23 August 1942 |
Identification | Pennant number: L47 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by U-443 on 11 December 1942 11 miles north-west of Oran. |
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Type | Type III Hunt-class destroyer |
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Length | 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a |
Beam | 10.16 m (33 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in) |
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Range | 2,350 nmi (4,350 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h) |
Complement | 168 |
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Built at Hebburn-on-Tyne by Hawthorn Leslie, she was laid down on 22 February 1941, launched on 15 January 1942 and commissioned on 23 August 1942.[1]