HMS Aberdeen

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History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Aberdeen
Ordered	1 March 1935
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	12 June 1935
Launched	22 January 1936
Sponsored by	Mrs E Watt
Commissioned	17 September 1936
Identification	Pennant number: L97 (later U97)
Motto	Bon accord ("Good fellowship")
Honours and awards	[1] Atlantic 1939–45 North Africa 1942
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 16 December 1948
Badge	On a Field Red, a triple towered castle surrounded by a double treasure all Silver.
General characteristics
Class and type	Grimsby-class sloop
Displacement	990 long tons (1,006 t) standard 1,300 long tons (1,321 t) full
Length	250 ft (76.2 m) p/p 266 ft (81.1 m) o/a
Beam	36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Propulsion	Parsons geared steam turbines 2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers 2 shafts 2,000 shp (1,500 kW)
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	100
Armament	2 × 4 in (100 mm) QF guns 4 × 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) AA machine guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar (from late 1942)

HMS Aberdeen was a Grimsby-class sloop^[2] in the British Royal Navy. Built in Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth, UK by Thornycroft (Southampton, UK), she was launched on 22 January 1936.^[3]