HMS Contest (R12)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Contest.

HMS Contest 1945 IWM FL 8441
HMS Contest on the Solent, 8 November 1945
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Contest
BuilderWhite, Cowes
Laid down1 November 1943
Launched16 December 1944
Commissioned9 November 1945
IdentificationPennant number: R12 (later D48)
FateArrived for breaking up at Thos. W. Ward Grays, Essex on 2 February 1960
General characteristics
Class and typeC-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,885 tons (1,915 tonnes)
  • 2,545 tons full (2,585 tonnes)
Length362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a
Beam35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught11.75 ft (3.58 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,
  • Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines,
  • 40,000 shp (29.8 MW), 2 shafts
Speed36 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full
Range
  • 4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
  • 1,400 nmi (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement186
Sensors and
processing systems		Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI
Armament

HMS Contest was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by J. Samuel White, Cowes. Laid down on 1 November 1943 and commissioned on 9 November 1945, she was the Royal Navy's first all-welded warship.[1][2][3][4] She was scrapped in 1960.

  1. ^ Johnstone-Bryden, Richard (2015). HMS Cavalier. Seaforth Publishing.
  2. ^ "HMS CONTEST (R 12) - Co-class Destroyer". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. 2005.
  3. ^ "Ch/Co/Cr class destroyers (1944-45)". WW2 British Destroyers 1917-1945. 2001.
  4. ^ "builders of the first all-welded destroyer for the Navy, H.M.S. Contest (1944)". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 1 June 1955.