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Daring-class destroyer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Delight was a Daring-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1950 as the Royal Navy's first all-welded warship, and broken up at Inverkeithing in 1971.[1]
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Name | HMS Delight |
Ordered | 5 June 1943 |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
Laid down | 5 September 1946 |
Launched | 21 December 1950 |
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Fate | Scrapped 1971 |
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Class and type | Daring-class destroyer |
Displacement | Standard: 2,830 tons, Full load: 3,820 tons |
Length | 390 ft (120 m) |
Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
Draught | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) |
Propulsion | 2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts, 54,000 shp (40 MW) |
Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
Range | 4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | Approximately 300 |
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In 1956 she formed part of the Royal Navy's force used during the Suez Operation. In 1959 Delight was involved in a collision in the Mediterranean with the cruiser Birmingham. Two ratings died during damage control activities.[2]