HMS Childers (R91)

Childers at anchor on the River Clyde, December 1946
History
United Kingdom
Name	Childers
Ordered	24 July 1942
Laid down	27 November 1943
Launched	27 February 1945
Commissioned	19 December 1945
Decommissioned	1951
Identification	Pennant number: R91 later changed to D91
Fate	Arrived in Spezia for scrapping 22 September 1963
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1,906 long tons (1,937 t) (standard)
Length	362 ft 9 in (110.6 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.9 m)
Draught	15 ft 3 in (4.6 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	222
Armament	4 × single 4.5 in (114 mm) DP guns 1 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA gun 2 × single 2-pdr (40 mm) AA guns 2 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 2 throwers and 2 racks for 35 depth charges

HMS Childers was one of thirty-two C-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, a member of the eight-ship Ch sub-class. Commissioned in 1945, she was built as a flotilla leader with additional accommodation for staff officers.