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Active

HMS Active

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassA
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns

At Mers-el-Kébir.

Aerial view of British destroyer HMS ACTIVE underway in the Gibraltar Straits. 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
BuilderHawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn
Laid down10 July 1928
Launched9 July 1929
Commissioned9 Feb 1930
Displacement1,350 long tons (1,370 t) (standard) 1,773 long tons (1,801 t) (deep load)
Length323 ft (98 m) (o/a)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement134; 140 (1940)

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

Career

Launched

9 July 1929

3 July 1940

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 1947