HMS Faulknor (H62)

Faulknor, January 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	Faulknor
Namesake	Robert Faulknor
Ordered	17 March 1933
Builder	Yarrows, Scotstoun
Cost	£271,886
Laid down	31 July 1933
Launched	12 June 1934
Commissioned	24 May 1935
Decommissioned	25 July 1945
Motto	Dulcit amor Patria ("Love of fatherland leads")
Honours and awards	Battle honours : Atlantic 1939–43 Norway 1940 Spartivento 1940 Malta Convoys 1941 Arctic 1942–43 Sicily 1943 Salerno 1943 Aegean 1943 Mediterranean 1943–44 Anzio 1944 Normandy 1944
Fate	Sold, 21 January 1946
Badge	On a Field White, a trident Gold, over two laurel leaves Green
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	F-class destroyer flotilla leader
Displacement	1,475 long tons (1,499 t) (standard) 2,010 long tons (2,040 t) (deep load)
Length	343 ft (104.5 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft 9 in (10.3 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 38,000 shp (28,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	175
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	5 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) AA machine guns 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers

HMS Faulknor was the flotilla leader for the F-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. The ship had a particularly active operational role during World War II, being awarded 11 battle honours, and was known as "The hardest worked destroyer in the Fleet". She was the first ship to sink a German U-boat, took part in the Norwegian Campaign, served with Force H in the Mediterranean on the Malta Convoys, escorted convoys to Russia and across the Atlantic, and saw action during the invasions of Sicily, Italy and Normandy, and was at the liberation of the Channel Islands. She was then decommissioned and sold for scrap in late 1945.