| Name: | ACTIVE |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 11/06/1928 |
| Launched: | 09/07/1929 |
| Completed: | 09/01/1930 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 557 |
| Dimensions: | 1350disp - 1765disp, 312.0 x 32.3 x 8.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, Parsons type, 34000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 35.4knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 2 x 1 x 2pdr, 4 x 1 x 0.303ins guns, 2 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 09/02/1930 | British Royal Navy |
| 20/05/1947 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 16/02/1937: Damaged in a collision with WORCESTER & ANTELOPE near Malta |
| 20/05/1947: Sold for breaking up at Dalmuir |
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Above photo, dated 16/02/1937, is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Western Daily Press, Wednesday, 17/02/1937
Copied and digitised by Terry Summerson from the original Shipyard Data Books. Click HERE to enlarge.
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