HMS Tenacious underway on the River Mersey, c1943 (IWM)
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History | |
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Name | HMS Tenacious |
Ordered | March 1941 |
Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
Laid down | 3 December 1941 |
Launched | 24 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 30 October 1943 |
Renamed | Ordered as HMS Tempest, renamed before being launched |
Identification | Pennant number: R45 (later F44) |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Arrived for scrapping in June 1965 |
Badge | On a field White a bulldog's face proper. |
General characteristics as T–class | |
Class and type | T-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 35 ft 8 in (10.87 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 2 in (4.32 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 36.75 knots (42.29 mph; 68.06 km/h) |
Complement | 180-225 |
Armament |
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General characteristics as Type 16 | |
Class and type | Type 16 frigate |
Displacement |
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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 |
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Speed | 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) full load |
Complement | 175 |
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Armament |
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HMS Tenacious was a T-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War. She was built by Cammell Laird, of Birkenhead and launched on 24 March 1943.