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![]() Scarborough in coastal waters on 24 August 1943
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Name | HMS Scarborough |
Ordered | 26 February 1929 |
Builder | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Tyne and Wear |
Laid down | 28 May 1929 |
Launched | 14 March 1930 |
Commissioned | 31 July 1930 |
Identification | Pennant number L25 (later U25) |
Motto | Tutus est fortis: 'In strength lies our safety' |
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Badge | On a Field Red, an ancient ship with tower Gold on wavelets Silver and Blue |
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Class and type | Hastings-class sloop |
Displacement | 1,045 tons |
Length | 250 ft (76 m) |
Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 100 |
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HMS Scarborough was a Hastings-class sloop of the Royal Navy launched in 1930. She served in the Second World War, especially as a convoy escort in the North Atlantic.