HMS Carysfort (R25)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Carysfort.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Carysfort
BuilderJ. Samuel White & Co, Cowes
Laid down12 May 1943
Launched25 July 1944
Commissioned10 February 1945
In serviceMarch 1945
Out of serviceFebruary 1969
MottoManus haec inimica tyrannis : ‘This hand is deadly to tyrants’
FateSold for scrap to BISCO on 23 October 1970 and broken up by J Cashmore. She arrived in tow at the breakers yard in Newport on 15 November 1970.
BadgeOn a Field Red, out of a ducal coronet gold, an ostrich head Silver in his beak a key Gold.
General characteristics
Class and typeC-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,710 tons (1,730 tonnes)
  • 2,530 tons full (2,570 tonnes)
Length362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a
Beam35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,
  • Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines,
  • 40,000 shp (30 MW), 2 shafts
Speed36 kn (67 km/h) / 32 kn (59 km/h) full
Range
  • 4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
  • 1,400 nmi (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement186 (222 as leader)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar Type 276 target indication
  • Radar Type 291 air warning
  • Radar Type 285 fire control on director Type K
  • Radar Type 282 fire control on 40 mm mount Mk.IV
Armament

HMS Carysfort was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1941, originally under the name HMS Pique.

Her name was changed to conform with the initials "Ca" to her seven sister ships. She is named after John Proby, a politician who was also a Lord of the Admiralty in 1750. In 1752 he was created Baron Carysfort. His son, William Proby, Lord Proby, and his grandson, Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort, were both naval officers, the latter eventually became an Admiral. She was the fifth Royal Navy warship to carry the name Carysfort. She was built and engined by J. Samuel White & Co. The keel was to be laid down on 4 May 1943 but was delayed until 12 May 1943 because of German bombing raids. She was launched on 25 July 1944 and completed on 20 February 1945. Her original pennant number was R25 changing to D25 after the Second World War.[1]

  1. ^ Mason, Geoffrey B. (2004). Gordon Smith (ed.). "HMS Carysfort (R 25) - Ca-class Destroyer". naval-history.net. Retrieved 22 May 2015.