HMS Chequers R-61 / D-61

Type:
Destroyer
Class:
CH
Builder:
Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co
Greenock, Scotland
Pennant Number:
R-61
D-61
Ordered:
July 24, 1942
Launched:
October 30, 1944
Keel Laid:
May 4, 1943
Commissioned:
September 28, 1945
   
Fate:
Sold in 1966 to J. Cashmore and scrapped in Newport, England.


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
362' 3"
Engines:
2 Parsons single reduction geared turbines by Scotts
Beam:
35' 9"
Boilers:
2 Admiralty 3 drum type
Draft:
15' 3"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
1,885 std / 2,545 full
SHP:
40,000
Speed:
36 knots (32 knots full)
Crew:
186
Range:
1,400 NM @ 32 knots / 4,675 NM @ 20 knots


Armament as built:
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
4
4.5"/45 (114mm)
DP QF

4 single turrets
20,750 yards @ 45°
AA ceiling 29,210' @ 50°
2
40mm AA
2 single mounts
AA ceiling 22,299'
6
20mm AA
2 twin mounts
2 single mounts

N/A
4
21" torpedo tubes
4 single launchers
10,500 - 15,000 yards depending on
type of torpedo


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Jan. 12, 2008