Bleasdale 1942

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Name:	BLEASDALE
Type:	Destroyer
Keel:	31/10/1940
Launched:	23/07/1941
Completed:	16/04/1942
Builder:	Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard:	High Walker
Yard Number:	30
Dimensions:	1050disp - 1435disp, 264.3 x 31.5 x 8.3(draft)ft
Engines:	2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 19000shp
Engines by:	Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 27.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	2 x 2 x 4.0ins AA, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 3 x 1 x 20mm AA guns;
	1 x 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes; depth charges
History:
16/04/1942	British Royal Navy
14/09/1956	Broken up

Comments:	Member of the Hunt Class (Type III) of destroyers
	194x: 1 x 2pdr bowchaser fitted for dealing with MTBs
	14/09/1956: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd

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