HMS Cavendish (R15)

Cavendish in 1945
History
United Kingdom
Name	Cavendish
Ordered	February 1942
Builder	John Brown, Clydebank
Laid down	19 May 1943 as Sibyl
Launched	12 April 1944
Completed	12 December 1944
Commissioned	28 July 1944
Out of service	Paid off on 1 January 1965
Renamed	As Cavendish before launch
Identification	Pennant number: R15 initially, but changed to D15 in 1945
Motto	Cavendo tutus: ‘Safe by taking care‘
Fate	Sold for scrap, 2 August 1967
Badge	On a Field Blue, a ring Gold nowed at the base by a snake Proper.
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1,730 long tons (1,760 t) (standard)
Length	362 ft 9 in (110.6 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.9 m)
Draught	14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) (full load)
Installed power	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	222
Armament	4 × single 4.5 in (114 mm) DP guns 1 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA gun 2 × twin and 2 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 4 throwers and 2 racks for 108 depth charges

HMS Cavendish was one of eight C-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Commissioned in late 1944, she was built as a flotilla leader with additional accommodation for staff officers. The ship was assigned to the Home Fleet in 1945 after working up where she escorted capital ships of the fleet. Cavendish was sold for scrap in 1967.