HMS Cottesmore (L78)

Cottesmore during the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cottesmore
Namesake	Cottesmore Hunt, Rutland
Ordered	21 March 1939
Builder	Yarrow, Scotstoun
Laid down	12 December 1939
Launched	5 September 1940
Commissioned	29 December 1940
Homeport	Sheerness
Identification	Pennant number: L78
Honours and awards	North Sea 1941–45 English Channel 1942–44 Normandy 1944
Fate	Sold to Egyptian Navy 20 April 1950
Badge	On a Field Red, a lozenge Gold charged with a fret Red surmounted by an annulet Black
Egypt
Name	Ibrahim el Awal
Acquired	20 April 1950
Renamed	Mohammed Ali el Kebir, Port Said
Refit	17 July 1950 J. Samuel White, Cowes
Homeport	Port Said
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Type I Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,000 long tons (1,016 t) standard, 1,360 long tons (1,382 t) full load
Length	264 ft 3 in (80.54 m) pp, 280 ft (85.34 m) oa
Beam	29 ft (8.84 m)
Draught	7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Propulsion	2× Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,000 kW)
Speed	27.5 kn (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	146
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk VIII AA guns (1 × quad mount) 30 depth charges

HMS Cottesmore was a Hunt-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The ship was built by the Scottish shipbuilder Yarrow at their Scotstoun, Glasgow shipyard in 1939–1940, being launched on 5 September 1940 and commissioning on 29 December that year.

Cottesmore served in the North Sea and English Channel during the Second World War, and took part in the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. She survived the war and was sold to Egypt in 1950, being renamed Ibrahim el Awal. The ship was again renamed Mohammed Ali el Kebir in 1951 and later renamed to Port Said. She was reduced to an accommodation hulk in 1986.