HMS Icarus (D03)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Icarus
Builder	John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Laid down	9 March 1936
Launched	26 November 1936
Commissioned	1 May 1937
Decommissioned	29 August 1946
Identification	Pennant number: D03
Motto	Bene est tentare; ("It is as well to try");
Fate	Scrapped, 1946
Badge	On a Field Blue, a sun in splendour Proper above two wings White
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	I-class destroyer
Displacement	1,370 long tons (1,390 t) (standard); 1,888 long tons (1,918 t) (deep load);
Length	323 ft (98.5 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 34,000 shp (25,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and ; processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 2 × quadruple 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns; 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × rack and 2 throwers for 16 depth charges; 60 mines;
Service record
Commanders:	Colin Maud
Operations:	North Sea 1939; Atlantic 1939–44; Narvik 1940; Norway 1940–41; Dunkirk 1940; Bismarck Action 1941; Arctic 1941–43; Malta Convoys 1942; Normandy 1944; English Channel 1945;
Victories:	Sank U-45, U-35 (1939), U-744 (1944), U-1199 (1945)

HMS Icarus was one of nine I-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s.

History

United Kingdom
Name	Icarus
Builder	John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Laid down	9 March 1936
Launched	26 November 1936
Commissioned	1 May 1937
Decommissioned	29 August 1946
Identification	Pennant number: D03
Motto	Bene est tentare ("It is as well to try")
Fate	Scrapped, 1946
Badge	On a Field Blue, a sun in splendour Proper above two wings White
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	I-class destroyer
Displacement	1,370 long tons (1,390 t) (standard) 1,888 long tons (1,918 t) (deep load)
Length	323 ft (98.5 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 34,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 2 × quadruple 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × rack and 2 throwers for 16 depth charges 60 mines
Service record
Commanders:	Colin Maud
Operations:	North Sea 1939 Atlantic 1939–44 Narvik 1940 Norway 1940–41 Dunkirk 1940 Bismarck Action 1941 Arctic 1941–43 Malta Convoys 1942 Normandy 1944 English Channel 1945
Victories:	Sank U-45, U-35 (1939), U-744 (1944), U-1199 (1945)