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|Ship class=[[Hunt class destroyer|Hunt class]] [[destroyer]]
|Ship name=HMS ''Derwent''
|Ship ordered=4 July 1940
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|Ship builder=[[Vickers-Armstrongs]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]]
|Ship laid down=29 December 1940
|Ship launched=22 August 1941
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|Ship commissioned=24 April 1942
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|Ship fate=Scrapped in 1947
|Ship badge=On a Field Blue, a stirrup Gold, over a rose White and two wings also White
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|Ship honours=[[Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)|Atlantic]] 1942<br>[[Malta Convoys]] 1942
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|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]]: L83
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|Ship displacement=1,050&nbsp;tons standard; 1,435&nbsp;tons full load
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|Ship beam={{convert|33|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship draught={{convert|8|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship propulsion=Two x Admiralty 3 drum boilers<br>Two shaft [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbines|Parsons]] [[steam turbine|geared turbines]]<br>19,000&nbsp;shp
|Ship speed=27&nbsp;knots (25½&nbsp;kts full)
|Ship range={{convert|2350|nmi|km|-1|abbr=on}} at {{convert|20|kn|km/h|0}}
|Ship complement=168
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* 4 x QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
* 4 x QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
* 2 x 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
* 2 x tubes for 21&nbsp;in [[torpedo]]es
* 110 depth charges, 4 throwers, 3 racks
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'''HMS ''Derwent''''' was a [[Hunt class destroyer|Hunt class]] Type III [[destroyer escort]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. She was built by  [[Vickers-Armstrongs]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]] and served during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. ''Derwent'' was badly damaged after being torpedoed by a [[Luftwaffe]] [[Junkers Ju 88]] aircraft on 19 March 1943 while in [[Tripoli]] harbour, [[Libya]]. The Ju 88's of the Luftwaffe utilized 72 Motobamba circular torpedo's in the first mass attack of that type of parachute delivered circling torpedo against shipping at Tripoli that day. She was beached to prevent her from sinking and was later patched and towed to England. Some repairs were carried out, but the decision was taken to suspend work in January 1945 and she was reduced to the reserve, and finally scrapped in 1947. Along with damage to the Derwent, two supply ships were also sunk including the SS Ocean Voyager which was hit on the 19th killing the Master, Duncan MacKellar.  Six others from the Ocean Voyager were killed and 12 seriously injured before exploding on March 20th.

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[[Category:1941 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Hunt class destroyers of the Royal Navy]]
[[Category:World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1943]]