HMS Solebay (D70)

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History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Solebay
Builder	R and W Hawthorn
Laid down	3 February 1943
Launched	22 February 1944
Commissioned	25 September 1945
Decommissioned	April 1962
Identification	Pennant number D70
Fate	Sold for scrap 1967
General characteristics
Class and type	Battle-class destroyer
Displacement	2,325 long tons (2,362 t) standard 3,430 long tons (3,490 t) full load
Length	379 ft (116 m)
Beam	40 ft 3 in (12.27 m)
Draught	12.75 ft (3.89 m) standard 15.3 ft (4.7 m) full load
Propulsion	2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 2 boilers, 50,000 shp (37 MW)
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h)
Range	4,400 nmi (8,100 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Complement	268
Armament	2 × dual 4.5-inch (114 mm) gun 1 × single 4 in gun 14 × Bofors 40 mm gun 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Squid mortar
Service record
Part of:	5th Destroyer Flotilla 1st Destroyer Squadron

HMS Solebay was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named after the Battle of Solebay which took place in 1672 between an Anglo-French force and the Dutch Navy during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. Solebay was built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Company Limited on the Tyne. She was launched on 22 February 1944 and commissioned on 25 September 1945.