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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. |
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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) |
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Crew: |
186 |
Range: |
1,400 NM @ 32 knots / 4,675 NM @ 20 knots |
Armament as built: |
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Number Carried
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Type
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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 |
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Page published Jan. 12, 2008 |