Relentless As Built, December 1942
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Relentless |
Owner | Royal Navy |
Ordered | May 1941 |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Yard No.590 |
Laid down | 20 June 1941 |
Launched | 15 July 1942 |
Commissioned | 30 November 1942 |
Out of service | Reserve Fleet - November 1947 |
Reinstated | 1952. Converted to Type 15 frigate |
Identification | Pennant number H85 |
Honours and awards | SABANG 1944 |
Fate | Scrapped 1971 |
General characteristics As R-class destroyer | |
Class and type | R-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 358.25 ft (109.19 m) o/a |
Beam | 35.75 ft (10.90 m) |
Draught | 9.5 ft (2.9 m) |
Propulsion | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) on 2 shafts |
Speed | 36 kn (67 km/h) |
Range | 4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 176 |
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Armament |
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General characteristics As Type 15 frigate | |
Displacement |
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Length | 358 ft (109 m) o/a |
Beam | 37.75 ft (11.51 m) |
Draught | 14.5 ft (4.4 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 31 kn (57 km/h) (full load) |
Range | 4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 174 |
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HMS Relentless was an R-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F185.