HMS Ithuriel (H05)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Ithuriel
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs
Laid down	24 May 1939
Launched	15 December 1940
Commissioned	3 March 1942
Identification	Pennant number: H05
Fate	Damaged beyond repair by enemy aircraft, 28 November 1942
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	I-class destroyer
Displacement	1,360 long tons (1,380 t) (standard); 1,880 long tons (1,910 t) (deep load);
Length	323 ft (98.5 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 34,000 shp (25,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and ; processing systems	ASDIC; Type 286 search radar;
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 1 × single 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) AA gun; 4 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns; 1 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × rack and 2 throwers for 35 depth charges;
Service record
Operations:	Operation Harpoon (1942); Operation Pedestal;

HMS Ithuriel was an I-class destroyer built for the Turkish Navy, but was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1939.

History

United Kingdom
Name	Ithuriel
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs
Laid down	24 May 1939
Launched	15 December 1940
Commissioned	3 March 1942
Identification	Pennant number: H05
Fate	Damaged beyond repair by enemy aircraft, 28 November 1942
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	I-class destroyer
Displacement	1,360 long tons (1,380 t) (standard) 1,880 long tons (1,910 t) (deep load)
Length	323 ft (98.5 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 34,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC Type 286 search radar
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 1 × single 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) AA gun 4 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 1 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × rack and 2 throwers for 35 depth charges
Service record
Operations:	Operation Harpoon (1942) Operation Pedestal