HMS Paladin (G69)

Paladin in 1954
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Paladin
Ordered	2 October 1939
Builder	John Brown
Laid down	22 July 1940
Launched	11 June 1941
Commissioned	December 1941
Decommissioned	June 1961
Identification	Pennant number: G69, later F169
Honours and awards	Diego Suarez 1942 Sicily 1943 Mediterranean 1943 Burma 1944–45
Fate	Scrapped in 1962
Badge	On a Field Blue, a sword erect White, pommel and hilt Gold enfiled with two spurs in Saltire also Gold.
General characteristics as P–class
Class and type	P-class destroyer
Displacement	1,690 tons (1,717 tonnes) standard 1,640 tons (1,666 tonnes) 2,250 tons (2,286 tonnes) full load
Length	345 ft (105 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp on 2 shafts
Speed	36.75 knots (68.06 km/h)
Range	3,850 nautical miles (7,130 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	176
Armament	5 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102 mm L/45), single mounts HA Mk.III 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk.VIII (40 mm L/39), quad mount Mk.VII Up to 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon, single mount P Mk.III 4 (1×4) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes, Mk.IX 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges
General characteristics as Type 16 class
Class and type	Type 16 frigate
Displacement	1,800 long tons (1,800 t) standard 2,300 long tons (2,300 t) full load
Length	362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) o/a
Beam	37 ft 9 in (11.51 m)
Draught	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers Steam turbines, 40,000 shp 2 shafts
Speed	32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) full load
Complement	175
Sensors and processing systems	Type 293Q target indication Radar Type 974 navigation Radar Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF Type 146B search Sonar Type 147 depth finder Sonar Type 162 target classification Sonar Type 174 attack Sonar
Armament	1 × twin QF 4-inch (102 mm) gun Mk XVI 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mk.5 5 × single 40 mm Bofors gun Mk.9 2 × Squid A/S mortar 1 × quad 21-inch (533 mm) tubes for Mk.9 torpedoes

HMS Paladin was a P-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War. She was built by John Brown and Co. Ltd., Clydebank. She saw action in the Mediterranean and Far East. After the war she was converted into a type 16 frigate and was eventually scrapped in 1962.