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Hotspur

HMS Hotspur

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassH
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 4.7″ guns

Damaged at the First Battle of Narvik, when her steering was shot away and she rammed Hunter. Survived the war and was sold to the Dominican Republic.

AWM caption : "PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMS HOTSPUR (H01). SHE IS PAINTED IN AN UNOFFICIAL CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME, THE COLOURS PROBABLY 507A, THE DARKER GREY, AND 507C, THE LIGHTER. HER AFTER TORPEDO TUBES HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY A 12 POUNDER AA GUN." Photo: photographer not identified, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 1 - QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns
  • 2 × 4 - .50 cal machine guns
  • 2 × 4 - 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 20 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland
Laid down27 February 1935
Launched23 March 1936
Displacement1,350 long tons (1,370 t) (standard) 1,883 long tons (1,913 t) (deep load)
Length323 ft (98.5 m)
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement137 (peacetime), 146 (wartime)

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

Career

Launched

23 March 1936

10 April 1940

Steering hit; rammed Hunter

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 1972