HMS Cambrian (R85)

Cambrian, 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	Cambrian
Ordered	16 February 1942
Builder	Scotts, Greenock
Laid down	14 August 1942 as Spitfire
Launched	10 December 1943
Completed	17 July 1944
Commissioned	17 July 1944
Decommissioned	1968
Renamed	Cambrian before launch
Identification	Pennant number: R85 initially, but changed to D85 in 1945
Motto	Parves pars magna: 'Of a small people I am a great part'.
Honours and awards	Navarino 1827 - China 1860 - Arctic 1944
Fate	Sold for scrap, August 1971
Badge	On a Field White, On a mount Green the Dragon of Wales.
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1,710 long tons (1,740 t) (standard)
Length	362 ft 9 in (110.6 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.9 m)
Draught	14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) (full load)
Installed power	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	186
Armament	4 × single 4.5 in (114 mm) DP guns 1 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA gun 2 × twin and 2 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 4 throwers and 2 racks for 108 depth charges

HMS Cambrian was one of eight C-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. commissioned in mid-1944, she was assigned to the Home Fleet and escorted two Arctic convoys as well as larger elements of the fleet during operations off the German-occupied Norwegian coast.