HMS Aisne (D22)
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HMS Aisne (D22) was a 1943 or later Battle-class fleet destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after one of the Battles of the Aisne.
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HMS Aisne underway, c1955 (IWM FL 304) | |
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Name | HMS Aisne |
Ordered | 1943 |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker[1] |
Yard number | 74 |
Laid down | 26 August 1943 |
Launched | 12 May 1945 |
Commissioned | 20 March 1947 |
Decommissioned | 1968 |
Fate | Broken up 1970 |
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Class and type | Battle-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,480 tons standard |
Length | 379 ft (116 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 6 in (12.34 m) |
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Propulsion | Oil fired, two three-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines, twin screws, 50,000 hp (37 MW) |
Speed | 35.75 knots (66.21 km/h) |
Complement | 268 |
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Vickers-Armstrongs built Aisne at High Walker on the River Tyne. She was launched on 12 May 1945, the first warship since VE Day, and commissioned on 20 March 1947.