HMS Wrangler (R48)
W-class destroyer converted to Type 15 frigate of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HMS Wrangler was one of eight W-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Completed in 1944, the ship spent most of the war in the Far East and escorted British aircraft carriers as their aircraft attacked targets in the occupied Dutch East Indies and in Japan itself. Wrangler was present in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese formally surrendered on 2 September 1945.
Wrangler at anchor, June 1944 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Wrangler |
Ordered | 3 December 1941 |
Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 23 September 1942 |
Launched | 29 September 1943 |
Completed | 14 July 1944 |
Identification | Pennant number: R48/F157 |
Fate | Sold to South African Navy, 29 November 1956 |
South Africa | |
Namesake | Orange Free State Province |
Acquired | 29 November 1956 |
Renamed | Vrystaat |
Identification | Pennant number: F157 |
Fate | Sunk as target 14 April 1976 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | W-class destroyer |
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Length | 362 ft 9 in (110.6 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 8 in (10.9 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) (deep load) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 4,675 nmi (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 179 |
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Armament |
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General characteristics (where different) | |
Class and type | Type 15 frigate |
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Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) (deep load) |
Complement | 174 |
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She served as a training ship after the war until she was converted into a Type 15 frigate in the early 1950s and subsequently sold to the South African Navy later that decade. The ship was renamed Vrystaat in South African service and made many overseas port visits before corrosion problems caused her to be reduced to reserve in 1963. Vrystaat was sunk as a target by a South African submarine in 1976.