HMS Londonderry (U76)
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HMS Londonderry was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy. Built at Devonport Dockyard in the 1930s, Londonderry was launched in early 1935 and commissioned later that year. She served in the Red Sea and the South Atlantic until the outbreak of the Second World War. Londonderry served as a convoy escort during the war, which she survived. The ship was sold for scrap in 1948.
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Name | HMS Londonderry |
Ordered | 1 November 1932 |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Laid down | 11 June 1934 |
Launched | 16 January 1935 |
Completed | 20 September 1935 |
Fate | Scrapped 1948 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Grimsby-class sloop |
Displacement | 990 long tons (1,010 t) standard |
Length | 266 ft 3 in (81.15 m) o/a |
Beam | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
Draught | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (full load) |
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Speed | 16.5 kn (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 100 |
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