HMS Heythrop (L85)
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HMS Heythrop (L85) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy She was ordered as part of the 1939 War Emergency programme. She was launched in 1940 and served during the Second World War. She was named after the Heythrop Hunt.
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Name | Heythrop |
Namesake | Heythrop Hunt |
Ordered | 4 September 1939 |
Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear |
Yard number | J4139 |
Laid down | 18 December 1939 |
Launched | 20 October 1940 |
Commissioned | 21 June 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number: L85 |
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Fate | Sunk by torpedo from U-652 20 March 1942 |
General characteristics Type II | |
Class and type | Hunt-class destroyer |
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Length | 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a |
Beam | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 2.51 m (8 ft 3 in) |
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Range | 3,600 nmi (6,700 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h) |
Complement | 164 |
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