HMS Derwent (L83)

HMS Derwent (L83)
History
United Kingdom
Name	Derwent
Ordered	4 July 1940
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	29 December 1940
Launched	22 August 1941
Commissioned	24 April 1942
Identification	Pennant number: L83
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1942 Malta Convoys 1942
Fate	Scrapped in 1947
Badge	On a Field Blue, a stirrup Gold, over a rose White and two wings also White
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,067 t) standard 1,435 long tons (1,458 t) full load
Length	280 ft (85 m)
Beam	33 ft 4 in (10.16 m)
Draught	8 ft 3 in (2.51 m)
Installed power	2 × Admiralty three-drum boilers 19,000 shp (14,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Parsons geared turbines 2 × Shafts
Speed	27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	2,350 nmi (4,350 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	168
Armament	4 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII 2 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons on single mounts P Mk. III 2 × tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes 110 depth charges, 4 throwers, 2 racks

HMS Derwent was a Hunt-class Type III escort destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by Vickers-Armstrongs, in Barrow-in-Furness, and served during the Second World War. In March 1943, she was badly damaged while anchored in Tripoli harbour by aircraft and beached to prevent her from sinking. Temporarily repaired and towed to England, further repair work was halted in January 1945, and she was broken up for scrap in 1947.

The "Hunt" class were named after British fox and stag hunts, in this case, the Derwent hunt Ryedale, North Yorkshire.^{[1][failed verification]} In February 1942, she was adopted by the civil community of Easthampstead, Berkshire, after a National Savings campaign.^[2]