Hunt Class Destroyer - Type III

Type III

General characteristics
Type III
Displacement: 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard
1,435 long tons (1,458 t) full load
Length: 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam: 10.16 m (33 ft 4 in)
Draught: 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion: 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,000 kW)
Speed: 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
Range: 2,350 nmi (4,350 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Complement: 168
Armament:

• 4 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX
• 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
• 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
• 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

• 110 depth charges, 4 throwers, 3 racks
Notes: cost £352,000
  • Airedale - J. Brown - Lost June 1942 after aerial attack
  • Albrighton - J. Brown - To Federal German Navy in 1959 as Raule
  • Aldenham - Cammell Laird - Mined December 1944.
  • Belvoir - Cammell Laird
  • Blean - Hawthorn Leslie - Lost December 1942, torpedoed by U-443
  • Bleasdale - Vickers-Armstrongs
  • Bolebroke - Swan Hunter - Transferred to Greece as Pindos
  • Border - Swan Hunter - Transferred to Greece as Adrias. Written off after mined October 1943
  • Catterick - Vickers-Armstrongs - Bought by Greece in 1946 as Hastings
  • Derwent - Vickers-Armstrongs - Written off after torpedoed by aircraft March 1943
  • Easton - White
  • Eggesford - White - Sold to Federal German Navy in 1959 as Brommy
  • Eskdale - Cammell Laird - Transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy. Torpedoed by E boat April 1943
  • Glaisdale - Cammell Laird - Transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy. Bought by Norway 1946 as Narvik
  • Goathland - Fairfield - Written off after mined July 1944
  • Haldon - Fairfield - Transferred to Free French as La Combattante. Mined February 1945
  • Hatherleigh - Vickers-Armstrongs - Transferred to Greece as Kanaris
  • Haydon - Vickers-Armstrongs
  • Holcombe - Stephens - Torpedoed by U-593 December 1943
  • Limbourne - Stephens - Torpedoed by T-22 October 1943
  • Melbreak - Swan Hunter
  • Modbury - Swan Hunter - Transferred to Greece as Miaoulis
  • Penylan - Vickers-Armstrongs - Torpedoed by E-boat December 1942
  • Rockwood - Vickers-Armstrongs - Written off after hit by glider bomb November 1943
  • Stevenstone - White
  • Talybont - White
  • Tanatside - Yarrow - Bought by Greece 1946 as Adrias
  • Wensleydale - Yarrow - Written off after collision November 1944

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