HMS Eclipse

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	E
War	Second World War
Main guns	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns

Finished off Z26 in the PQ 13 action of March 1942, but was hit twice by Z24 and Z25. Mined in the Aegean off Kalymnos on 24 October 1943 with troops aboard; more than 250 men were lost.

Photograph of British E class destroyer HMS Eclipse. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
1 × depth charge rack and 2 throwers for 20 depth charges

Builder	William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Laid down	22 March 1933
Launched	12 April 1934
Displacement	1,405 long tons (1,428 t) (standard)
Length	329 ft (100.3 m) o/a
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Complement	145

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

Career

Launched

12 April 1934

Convoy PQ 13 destroyer action

Damaged

29 March 1942

Finished off Z26; hit twice

Fate

Sunk

Sunk by a mine, 24 October 1943