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Grenville

HMS Grenville

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassU
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk XII guns in single mountings CP Mk.XXII

U-class flotilla leader. At the action off the Sept-Îles in October 1943 and off Normandy. Rebuilt as a fast anti-submarine frigate after the war.

Photograph of British destroyer HMS Grenville underway on the River Tyne. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Original configuration

  • 4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk XII guns in single mountings CP Mk.XXII
  • 2 × QF 40 mm Bofors guns in twin mount Mk.IV
  • 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns; 2 × twin mounts Mk.V, 2 × single mounts Mk.III
  • 2 × quadruple tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedo Mk.IX
BuilderSwan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Laid down1 November 1941
Launched12 October 1942
Commissioned27 May 1943
Displacement1,777 long tons (1,806 t) (standard) 2,058 long tons (2,091 t) (full load)
Length363 ft (111 m)
Speed37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Complement180 (225 in flotilla leader)

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

Career

Launched

12 October 1942

23 October 1943

Fate

Survived

Scrapped, 1983