HMS Paladin (G69)

Paladin in 1954
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Paladin
Ordered2 October 1939
BuilderJohn Brown
Laid down22 July 1940
Launched11 June 1941
CommissionedDecember 1941
DecommissionedJune 1961
IdentificationPennant number: G69, later F169
Honours and
awards
FateScrapped in 1962
BadgeOn a Field Blue, a sword erect White, pommel and hilt Gold enfiled with two spurs in Saltire also Gold.
General characteristics as P–class
Class and typeP-class destroyer
Displacement
Length345 ft (105 m) o/a
Beam35 ft (11 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp on 2 shafts
Speed36.75 knots (68.06 km/h)
Range3,850 nautical miles (7,130 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement176
Armament
General characteristics as Type 16 class
Class and typeType 16 frigate
Displacement
  • 1,800 long tons (1,800 t) standard
  • 2,300 long tons (2,300 t) full load
Length362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) o/a
Beam37 ft 9 in (11.51 m)
Draught14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • Steam turbines, 40,000 shp
  • 2 shafts
Speed32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) full load
Complement175
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Type 293Q target indication Radar
  • Type 974 navigation Radar
  • Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF
  • Type 146B search Sonar
  • Type 147 depth finder Sonar
  • Type 162 target classification Sonar
  • Type 174 attack Sonar
Armament

HMS Paladin was a P-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War. She was built by John Brown and Co. Ltd., Clydebank. She saw action in the Mediterranean and Far East. After the war she was converted into a type 16 frigate and was eventually scrapped in 1962.