HMS Eglinton (L87)

HMS Eglinton, c1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Eglinton
Ordered	21 March 1939
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, River Tyne
Yard number	Admiralty Job No.J4091
Laid down	8 June 1939
Launched	28 December 1939
Completed	28 August 1940
Identification	Pennant number: L87
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1940 English Channel 1940–44 North Sea 1941–44 Normandy 1944
Fate	Scrapped in May 1956
Badge	On a Field Red, two hunting horns in saltire and three annulets interlaced Gold
General characteristics
Class and type	Type I Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,000 long tons (1,016 t) standard 1,340 long tons (1,362 t) full load
Length	85 m (278 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Draught	3.27 m (10 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp
Speed	27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h) 26 kn (30 mph; 48 km/h) full
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h)
Complement	146
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 40 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack

HMS Eglinton (L87) was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by Vickers-Armstrongs on the River Tyne, and launched on 28 December 1939. She was adopted by the town of Alton, Hampshire, as part of the Warship Week campaign in 1942.