HMS Tynedale (L96)

Tynedale in July 1942
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Tynedale
Ordered11 April 1939
BuilderAlexander Stephen and Sons
Laid down27 July 1939
Launched5 June 1940
Commissioned5 November 1940
Honours and
awards
  • St. Nazaire 1942
  • English Channel 1942–43
  • Sicily 1943
FateSunk by U-593, 12 December 1943
BadgeOn a Field Red, in front of two arrows in saltire white a hunting horn erect gold.
General characteristics
Class and typeHunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,000 long tons (1,016 t) standard
  • 1,340 long tons (1,362 t) full load
Length280 ft (85 m)
Beam29 ft (8.8 m)
Draught10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Propulsion
Speed27½ kn (26 knots full)
Range3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) / 1,000 nmi (2,000 km) at 26 knots (48 km/h)
Complement146
Armament

HMS Tynedale was a Hunt-class destroyer of the first subgroup which served during the Second World War. She was sunk by U-593 on 12 December 1943.[1]

  1. ^ English, John (1987). The Hunts : a history of the design, development and careers of 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. Cumbria, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0905617444.