HMS Barrosa (D68)

History
United Kingdom
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)
Draught	12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) mean; 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) maximum;
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
Armament	Originally:; 5 × 4.5-inch (114 mm) gun; 8 × Bofors 40 mm guns; 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × Squid mortar; Later:; Sea Cat missiles;
Service record
Part of:	4th Destroyer Flotilla; 4th Destroyer Squadron; 8th Destroyer Squadron; 24th Escort Squadron;

HMS Barrosa (D68) was a later or 1943 Battle-class fleet destroyer of the Royal Navy.

History

United Kingdom
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)
Draught	12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) mean 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) maximum
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
Armament	Originally: 5 × 4.5-inch (114 mm) gun 8 × Bofors 40 mm guns 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Squid mortar Later: Sea Cat missiles
Service record
Part of:	4th Destroyer Flotilla 4th Destroyer Squadron 8th Destroyer Squadron 24th Escort Squadron