HMS Blencathra

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Blencathra
Namesake	A fox hunt in Cumberland, England[1]
Ordered	4 September 1939[1]
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead[1]
Laid down	11[1] or 18[2] November 1939
Launched	6 August 1940[1]
Completed	14 December 1940[1]
Commissioned	14 December 1940[2]
Decommissioned	July 1948
Identification	Pennant number: L24
Honours and awards	North Sea 1941-1945 English Channel 1942-1944 Sicily 1943 Salerno 1943 Aegean 1943 Mediterranean 1944 Normandy 1944[1]
Fate	For disposal October 1956 Sold for scrapping late 1956 Scrapping began January 1957
Badge	On a red field, a hunting horn and a crosier in saltire, both gold
General characteristics
Class and type	Type I Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
Length	85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,170 kW)
Speed	27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h) 26 kn (29.9 mph; 48.2 km/h) full
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) 1,000 nmi (1,850 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h)
Complement	164
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk. VIII AA guns on quad mount MK.VII 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on single mounts P Mk. III 50 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack

HMS Blencathra (L24) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy in commission from 1940 to 1948. She was a member of the first subgroup of the class, and saw service through most of World War II.