| Name: | BEDALE |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 25/05/1940 |
| Launched: | 23/07/1941 |
| Completed: | 09/05/1942 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 629 |
| Dimensions: | 1050disp - 1430disp, 264.0 x 31.5 x 8.3(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 19000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 27.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 2 x 4.0ins AA, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 2 x 1 x 20mm guns, 110 x depth charges |
| History: | |
| 09/05/1942 | British Royal Navy |
| 1942 | Polish Navy; renamed SLAZAK |
| 1945 | British Royal Navy; renamed BEDALE |
| 1952 | Indian Navy; renamed GODAVARI |
| 1979 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Hunt Type II Class of destroyers |
| 17/04/1942: Transferred on loan to Poland before completion | |
| 1952: Leased to the Indian Navy | |
| 04/1959: Lease converted into a sale | |
| Served as a training ship | |
| 23/03/1976: Ran aground in the Maldives & damaged beyond repair | |
| 1979: Broken up in India |
Above photo as SLAZAK is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as SLAZAK is courtesy of Photoship
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