HMS Blackmore (L43)

HMS Blackmore, underway on the river Medway.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Blackmore
Ordered	20 December 1940
Builder	A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow
Laid down	10 February 1940
Launched	2 December 1941
Commissioned	14 April 1942
Identification	Pennant number: L43
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1943 South France 1944 Salerno 1943 Adriatic 1944
Fate	Sold to the Royal Danish Navy in 1954
Denmark
Name	HDMS Esbern Snare
Commissioned	1954
Decommissioned	1965
Identification	F341
Fate	Scrapped in 1966
General characteristics
Class and type	Type II Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 tons standard; 1,490 tons full load
Length	85.34 m (280.0 ft)
Beam	9.62 m (31.6 ft)
Draught	2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft Parsons geared turbines; 19,000 shp
Speed	25.5 kn (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph)
Range	3,600 nmi (6,670 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	164
Armament	6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX AAA - 2 × 4 12.7mm Vickers, 2 × 20 mm 6 Thornycroft depth charge throwers

HMS Blackmore (pennant number L43) was an escort destroyer of the Type II Hunt class. The Royal Navy ordered Blackmore's construction three months after the outbreak of the Second World War.^[1] A. Stephen & Sons laid down her keel at their Glasgow yard on 10 February 1941, as Admiralty Job Number J1479. The ship was adopted by the civil community of Langport, Somerset after a successful Warship Week campaign.^[1] The ship was sold to the Royal Danish Navy and renamed HDMS Esbern Snare.^[2]