HMS Tynedale (L96)
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HMS Tynedale was a Hunt-class destroyer of the first subgroup which served during the Second World War. She was sunk by U-593 on 12 December 1943.[1]
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Tynedale in July 1942 | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Tynedale |
Ordered | 11 April 1939 |
Builder | Alexander Stephen and Sons |
Laid down | 27 July 1939 |
Launched | 5 June 1940 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Sunk by U-593, 12 December 1943 |
Badge | On a Field Red, in front of two arrows in saltire white a hunting horn erect gold. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hunt-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 280 ft (85 m) |
Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 27½ kn (26 knots full) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) / 1,000 nmi (2,000 km) at 26 knots (48 km/h) |
Complement | 146 |
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