HMS Pytchley (L92)

	HMS Pytchley in coastal waters, c1941 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Pytchley
Ordered	11 April 1939
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock
Laid down	26 July 1939
Launched	13 February 1940
Completed	23 October 1940
Decommissioned	1946
Identification	Pennant number:L92
Honours and; awards	North Sea 1942–45; English Channel 1942–44; Arctic 1943; Normandy 1944;
Fate	Scrapped, 1956
Badge	On a Field Red two hunting horns in Saltire and a mascle in fret, all Gold
General characteristics
Class and type	Type I Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard; 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load;
Length	85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,170 kW);
Speed	27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h); 26 kn (29.9 mph; 48.2 km/h) full;
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h); 1,000 nmi (1,850 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h);
Complement	164
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; 50 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack;

HMS Pytchley was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II. She was scrapped in 1956.

History
HMS Pytchley in coastal waters, c1941 (IWM)
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Pytchley
Ordered	11 April 1939
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock
Laid down	26 July 1939
Launched	13 February 1940
Completed	23 October 1940
Decommissioned	1946
Identification	Pennant number:L92
Honours and awards	North Sea 1942–45 English Channel 1942–44 Arctic 1943 Normandy 1944
Fate	Scrapped, 1956
Badge	On a Field Red two hunting horns in Saltire and a mascle in fret, all Gold
General characteristics
Class and type	Type I Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
Length	85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,170 kW)
Speed	27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h) 26 kn (29.9 mph; 48.2 km/h) full
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) 1,000 nmi (1,850 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h)
Complement	164
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 50 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack