Hunt Class Destroyer - Type IV

Type IV

General characteristics
Type IV
Displacement: 1,175 long tons (1,194 t) standard
1,561 long tons (1,586 t) full load
Length: 90.22 m (296 ft 0 in) o/a
Beam: 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught: 2.36 m (7 ft 9 in)
Propulsion: 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,000 kW)
Speed: 26 knots (30 mph; 48 km/h)
25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
Range: 950 nmi (1,760 km) at 25 kn (46 km/h) (Brecon)
1,175 nmi (2,176 km) at 25 kn (46 km/h) (Brissinden)
Complement: 170
Armament:

• 6 × 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
• 4 × 0.5 in Vickers machine guns on twin mounts Mk. V, later replaced by 4 × 20 mm Oerlikons on twin mounts Mk. V
• 3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

• 40 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack

These very distinct vessels were built to a radically different private design by Thornycroft at Southampton, ordered on 28 July 1940.

  • Brecon
    • Laid down: 27 February 1941
    • Launched: 27 June 1942
    • Completed: 18 December 1942
    • Fate: Paid off 4 December 1945 and broken up on 17 September 1962 at Faslane.
  • Brissenden
    • Laid down: 28 February 1941
    • Launched: 15 September 1942
    • Completed: 12 February 1943
    • Fate: Paid off 19 June 1948 and broken up on 3 March 1965 at Dalmuir.

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