| Name: | ALAMEIN |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 01/03/1944 |
| Launched: | 28/05/1945 |
| Completed: | 21/05/1948 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 665 |
| Dimensions: | 2400disp - 3420disp, 355.0 x 40.5 x 10.8(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR Geared, 50000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 35.75knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.5ins DP, 1 x 1 x 4.5ins DP, 3 x 2 x 40mm AA, 2 x 1 x 40mm AA guns; |
| 2 x 5 x 21.0ins torpedoes, 1 x 3 x 12ins anti-submarine mortars, depth charges | |
| History: | |
| 21/05/1948 | British Royal Navy |
| 01/12/1964 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Battle Class - second group |
| 05/11/1958: Damaged by fire at Chatham Naval Dockyard | |
| 01/12/1964: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Tim Web
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo taken at Blyth on 01/12/1964 is courtesy of Gordon Smith
Above photo taken at Blyth on 09/12/1964 is copyright of Brian Hargreaves