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Mackay

HMS Mackay

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassScott
WarSecond World War
Main guns5 × BL 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns

Flotilla leader. Led the 16th Flotilla against the German ships in the Channel Dash.

Photograph of British Admiralty type destroyer leader HMS Mackay underway at speed. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 5 × BL 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft gun
  • 2 × 2-pounder guns
BuilderCammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down5 March 1918
Launched21 December 1918
CommissionedJune 1919
Displacement1,801 long tons (1,830 t)
Length332 ft 6 in (101.35 m)
Speed36.5 knots

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

Career

Launched

21 December 1918

Channel Dash
Survived

11–13 February 1942

Fate

Survived

Scrapped June 1949