HMS Southdown (L25)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Southdown.

HMS South Down FL19190
HMS Southdown at a buoy, c1941 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Southdown
Ordered11 April 1939
BuilderJ. Samuel White, Isle of Wight
Laid down22 August 1939
Launched5 July 1940
Completed8 November 1940
Decommissioned1946
IdentificationPennant number: L25
Honours and
awards
  • North Sea 1941–45
  • Normandy 1944
FateScrapped, 1956
BadgeOn a Field Red, in front of two bugle horns in Saltire Gold, a horseshoe inverted white
General characteristics
Class and typeType I Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard
  • 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
Length85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
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)
Complement164
Armament

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