HMS Arrow (H42)

Arrow in May 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	Arrow
Ordered	6 March 1928
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	20 August 1928
Launched	22 August 1929
Commissioned	14 April 1930
Motto	Celeriter Qerus : 'Swiftly sure'
Fate	Damaged on 4 August 1943 and written off as a constructive total loss
Badge	On a Field Green two arrows Gold, feathered Red.
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	A-class destroyer
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,370 t) (standard) 1,773 long tons (1,801 t) (deep load)
Length	323 ft (98 m) (o/a)
Beam	32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
Draught	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)
Installed power	34,000 shp (25,000 kW) 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
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)
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 2 × single 2-pdr (40 mm) AA guns 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × depth charges, 3 chutes

HMS Arrow was an A-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers-Armstrongs at their Barrow-in-Furness between 1928 and 1930, being launched on 22 August 1929. Arrow served in the Mediterranean Fleet in the 1930s, rescuing refugees and taking part in neutrality patrols during the Spanish Civil War.

Arrow served during the Second World War before being damaged while fighting a fire on an ammunition ship and written off in 1943.