HMS Chieftain (R36)

	HMS Chieftain on the River Clyde, 1 March 1946.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Chieftain
Ordered	24 July 1942
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, (Greenock, Scotland)
Laid down	27 June 1943
Launched	26 February 1945
Commissioned	7 March 1946
Identification	Pennant number: R36 later changed to D36
Fate	Scrapped at Sunderland on 20 Mar 1961
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1710 tons
Length	362.75 ft (110.57 m)
Beam	35.66 ft (10.87 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m) (mean), 16 ft (4.9 m) (max.)
Installed power	40,000 hp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion	Parsons geared turbines, 2 shafts; 2 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h)
Complement	186
Armament	4 x QF 4.5 in (114 mm) L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V; 5 x 40 mm anti-aircraft weapons; 4 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes; 2 x Squid anti-submarine mortars (after 1954);

HMS Chieftain was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that was in service from March 1946, and which was scrapped in 1961.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II 1946/7", Jane's Publishing Company, London, UK, 1946, reprinted by Crescent Books, Avenel, New Jersey, USA, 1995, ISBN 0-517-67963-9, page 52.

History
HMS Chieftain on the River Clyde, 1 March 1946.
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Chieftain
Ordered	24 July 1942
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, (Greenock, Scotland)
Laid down	27 June 1943
Launched	26 February 1945
Commissioned	7 March 1946
Identification	Pennant number: R36 later changed to D36
Fate	Scrapped at Sunderland on 20 Mar 1961
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1710 tons^[1]
Length	362.75 ft (110.57 m)^[1]
Beam	35.66 ft (10.87 m)^[1]
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m) (mean), 16 ft (4.9 m) (max.)^[1]
Installed power	40,000 hp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion	Parsons geared turbines, 2 shafts; 2 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers^[1]
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h)
Complement	186
Armament	4 x QF 4.5 in (114 mm) L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V 5 x 40 mm anti-aircraft weapons 4 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes 2 x Squid anti-submarine mortars (after 1954)