HMS Cavalier (R73)

	HMS Cavalier, September 2024, as she appears at Chatham Dockyard.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cavalier
Builder	J. Samuel White and Company, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Laid down	28 March 1943
Launched	7 April 1944
Commissioned	22 November 1944
Decommissioned	1972
Identification	Pennant number: R73 (later D73)
Motto	"Of one Company"
Fate	Sold 21 October 1977.
Status	Preserved as a museum ship since 1998
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1,710 tons (standard) 2,520 tons (full)
Length	363 ft (111 m) o/a
Beam	35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m) light,; 14.5 ft (4.4 m) full, 16 ft (4.9 m) max;
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,; Parsons geared steam turbines,; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW), 2 shafts;
Speed	37 knots (69 km/h)
Range	615 tons oil, 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement	186
Armament	3 × QF 4.5-inch (113 mm) L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V; 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV,; 4 × anti-aircraft mountings;; Bofors 40 mm, single mount Mk.III; QF 2-pdr Mk VIII, single mount Mk.XVI; Oerlikon 20 mm, single mount P Mk.III; Oerlikon 20 mm, twin mount Mk.V; 2 × quintuple tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX (at launch, after tubes replaced by Squid mortars, forward tubes replaced later).; 4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges; 1 × quadruple GWS20 Seacat SAM launcher (from September 1964); 2 × triple Squid anti-submarine mortar (from 1957);

HMS Cavalier is a retired C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at East Cowes on 28 March 1943, launched on 7 April 1944,^[1] and commissioned on 22 November 1944.^[3] She served in World War II and in various commissions in the Far East until she was decommissioned in 1972. After decommissioning she was preserved as a museum ship and currently resides at Chatham Historic Dockyard.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d McMurtrie 1989, p. 52
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference hmscavalier was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "HMS Cavalier (R 73)". uboat.net. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ "HMS Cavalier". National Register of Historic Vessels. National Historic Ships. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

[janes-1] McMurtrie 1989, p. 52

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[uboat-3] "HMS Cavalier (R 73)". uboat.net. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

[4] "HMS Cavalier". National Register of Historic Vessels. National Historic Ships. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

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History
HMS Cavalier, September 2024, as she appears at Chatham Dockyard.
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cavalier
Builder	J. Samuel White and Company, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Laid down	28 March 1943
Launched	7 April 1944
Commissioned	22 November 1944
Decommissioned	1972
Identification	Pennant number: R73 (later D73)
Motto	"Of one Company"
Fate	Sold 21 October 1977.
Status	Preserved as a museum ship since 1998
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1,710 tons (standard) 2,520 tons (full)
Length	363 ft (111 m) o/a
Beam	35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m) light,^[1] 14.5 ft (4.4 m) full, 16 ft (4.9 m) max^[1]
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW), 2 shafts
Speed	37 knots (69 km/h)
Range	615 tons oil, 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement	186^[1]
Armament	3 × QF 4.5-inch (113 mm) L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV, 4 × anti-aircraft mountings; Bofors 40 mm, single mount Mk.III QF 2-pdr Mk VIII, single mount Mk.XVI Oerlikon 20 mm, single mount P Mk.III Oerlikon 20 mm, twin mount Mk.V 2 × quintuple tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX (at launch, after tubes replaced by Squid mortars,^[2] forward tubes replaced later). 4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges 1 × quadruple GWS20 Seacat SAM launcher (from September 1964)^[2] 2 × triple Squid anti-submarine mortar (from 1957)^[2]