HMS Derwent (L83)
| History | |
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| Name | HMS Derwent |
| Ordered | 4 July 1940 |
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down | 29 December 1940 |
| Launched | 22 August 1941 |
| Commissioned | 24 April 1942 |
| Identification | Pennant number: L83 |
| Honours and awards | list error: <br /> list (help) Atlantic 1942 Malta Convoys 1942 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1947 |
| Badge | On a Field Blue, a stirrup Gold, over a rose White and two wings also White |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,050 tons standard; 1,435 tons full load |
| Length | 280 ft (85 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) Two x Admiralty 3 drum boilers Two shaft Parsons geared turbines 19,000 shp |
| Speed | 27 knots (25½ kts full) |
| Range | 2,350 nmi (4,350 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement | 168 |
| Armament | list error: mixed text and list (help)
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HMS Derwent was a Hunt class Type III destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. She was built by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness and served during the Second World War.
Service history
On 19 March 1943 while anchored in Tripoli harbour, Libya, Derwent was hit by a Motobomba (pattern-running torpedo) launched by an Italian aircraft. Derwent was beached to prevent her from sinking and was later temporarily repaired 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.
