Name: | AISNE |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 26/08/1943 |
Launched: | 12/05/1945 |
Completed: | 20/03/1947 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 74 |
Dimensions: | 2380disp - 3400disp, 355.0 x 40.5 x 10.8(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 50000shp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
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 Squid AS mortars | |
(1963: 2 x 2 x 4.5ins DP guns; 1 x Squid AS mortar; 1 x 4 x Seacat AA missiles) | |
History: | |
20/03/1947 | British Royal Navy |
27/06/1970 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Battle Class of destroyers. |
Allocated pennant number D22 | |
1963: Converted to an aircraft direction destroyer, with large radar antennae | |
27/06/1970: Arrived at Inverkeithing for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo showing post 1963 configuration is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo of AISNE at Inverkeithing is courtesy of Photoship