HMS Active (H14)

Active in 1944
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Active
BuilderHawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn[1]
Yard number557
Laid down10 July 1928
Launched9 July 1929
Completed9 Jan 1930
Commissioned9 Feb 1930
Decommissioned20 May 1947
IdentificationPennant number: H14
FateSold for scrap, 1947
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeA-class destroyer
Displacement
Length323 ft (98 m) (o/a)
Beam32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
Draught12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement134; 140 (1940)
Armament

HMS Active, the tenth Active, launched in 1929, was an A-class destroyer. She served in the Second World War, taking part in the sinking of four submarines. She was broken up in 1947.

  1. ^ "HMS Active (H14)". www.tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2017.