HMS Lamerton (L88)

Aerial photograph of HMS Lamerton in September 1941
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Lamerton
Ordered	3 September 1939
Builder	Swan Hunter
Laid down	10 April 1940
Launched	14 December 1940
Commissioned	16 August 1941
Identification	Pennant number: L88
Honours and awards	Atlantic, 1941–42 Arctic, 1942 North Africa, 1942–43 Sicily, 1943 Salerno, 1943 Mediterranean, 1944 Aegean, 1943 Adriatic, 1944
Fate	Loaned, then sold, to Indian Navy
India
Name	INS Gomati
Namesake	Gomti River
Acquired	April 1958
Commissioned	24 April 1953
Decommissioned	1975
Identification	Pennant number: D93
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Type II Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard[1] 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
Length	85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp[1]
Speed	27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
Range	3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)[1]
Complement	164
Armament	6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII 2 (later 4) × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III [1] 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks

HMS Lamerton was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was sold to the Indian Navy in 1952, where she served as INS Gomati.

Following the war, early in 1946, she was reduced to Reserve status at Harwich.