HMS Constance (R71)
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Name | HMS Constance |
Ordered | 12 September 1942 |
Builder | Vickers Armstrong |
Laid down | 11 March 1943 |
Launched | 22 June 1944 |
Commissioned | 6 June 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: R71, later changed to D71 |
Motto | Desirmais : "Thereafter" |
Fate | Arrived for scrapping at Inverkeithing on 8 March 1956 |
Badge | On a field Blue, a Dragon Red on three wavelets Gold |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | C-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a |
Beam | 35.75 ft (10.90 m) |
Draught | 11.75 ft (3.58 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full |
Range |
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Complement | 186 |
Sensors and processing systems | Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI |
Armament |
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HMS Constance was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched on 22 June 1944.[1]
After the war she was allocated to the 8th Destroyer squadron for service in the Far East. This included deployments as part of United Nations operations, as part of the Korean War. She returned from the Far East and was listed for disposal in 1955.[2] She was sold to Thos. W. Ward for scrapping at Inverkeithing, arriving there on 8 March 1956.
References
[edit]- ^ Mason, Geoffrey B (2003). Gordon Smith (ed.). "HMS Constance (R 71) - Co-class Destroyer". Naval-History. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ Marriott, Leo (1983). Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983. Ian Allan Ltd. pp. 65. ISBN 9780711013223.
Publications
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.