&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Battleaxe2.jpg) HMS Battleaxe
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Battleaxe |
| Ordered | 7 April 1943[1] |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down | 22 April 1944 |
| Launched | 12 June 1945 |
| Commissioned | 23 October 1947 |
| Identification | Pennant number G18/D118 |
| Fate | Arrived at Blyth for scrapping on 20 October 1964 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Weapon-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,980 tons standard |
| Length | 365 ft (111 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft (12 m) |
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HMS Battleaxe was a Weapon-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, completed just after the Second World War.
- ^ Whitley 2000, p. 142.