HMS Achates

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	A
War	Second World War
Main guns	4 × 4.7″ guns

Laid smoke to hide convoy JW 51B at the Battle of the Barents Sea and was wrecked by Admiral Hipper; she kept her smoke screen going until she capsized. More than a hundred of her crew were killed; the trawler Northern Gem picked up 81.

HMS ACHATES, an A class destroyer modified for escort work with a Hedgehog ASW in place of 'A' gun, at sea. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
2 × single 2-pdr (40 mm) AA guns
2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 × depth charges, 3 chutes

Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down	11 September 1928
Launched	4 October 1929
Commissioned	27 March 1930
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,370 t) (standard) 1,773 long tons (1,801 t) (deep load)
Length	323 ft (98 m) (o/a)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	134; 140 (1940)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

4 October 1929

Battle of the Barents Sea

Sunk

31 December 1942

Kept laying smoke until she capsized