HMS Lance (G87)

Lance in Grand Harbour, 8 January 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Lance
Ordered	31 March 1938
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Laid down	1 March 1939
Launched	28 November 1940
Commissioned	13 May 1941
Fate	Damaged by bombs on 5 and 9 April 1942. Declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.
Badge	Badge: On a Field barry wavy of four White and Blue, issuant from the base a Lance Red.
General characteristics
Class and type	L-class destroyer
Displacement	1,920 tons
Length	362.5 ft (110.5 m)
Beam	36.7 ft (11.2 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	Two shafts Two geared steam turbines Two drum-type boilers 48000 shp (35.8 MW)
Speed	36 kt (66.7 km/h)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	221
Armament	4 × twin[1] QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk XVI guns 1 × quadruple QF 2 pdr Mk VIII L/39 (40 mm) 2 × quadruple QF 0.5 in Mk III Vickers (12.7 mm) 2 × quadruple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Lance was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She entered service during World War II, and had a short but eventful career, serving in Home waters and the Mediterranean Sea. She was damaged in two consecutive air attacks at Malta in 1942. She was towed back to Britain, declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped. She had been adopted by the civil community of Bexley and Welling, Kent in November 1941.