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Lance

HMS Lance

Sunk

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassL
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × twin QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk XVI guns

With Force K against the Duisburg convoy. Bombed in dock at Malta in April 1942.

British destroyer HMS LANCE after leading a convoy into Malta, entering the Grand Harbour. Photo: Russell, J E (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × twin QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk XVI guns
  • 1 × quadruple QF 2 pdr Mk VIII L/39 (40 mm)
  • 2 × quadruple QF 0.5 in Mk III Vickers (12.7 mm)
  • 2 × quadruple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Laid down1 March 1939
Launched28 November 1940
Commissioned13 May 1941
Displacement1,920 tons
Length362.5 ft (110.5 m)
Speed36 kt (66.7 km/h)
Complement221

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

Career

Launched

28 November 1940

9 November 1941

Fate

Sunk

Damaged by bombs on 5 and 9 April 1942. Declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.