| Name: | BRAZEN |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 22/07/1929 |
| Launched: | 25/07/1930 |
| Completed: | 08/04/1931 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 997 |
| Dimensions: | 1360disp - 1735disp, 312.0 x 32.25 x 8.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 34000shp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 35.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 1 x 4.7ins, 2 x 1 x 2pdr AA guns, 2 x 4 x 21inch torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 08/04/1931 | British Royal Navy |
| 20/07/1940 | Sank |
| Comments: | Member of the B Class of destroyers; cost £221,156 |
| 20/07/1940: Whilst escorting Convoy CW7 she was attacked by German dive bombers The shock effect from several near misses broke her keel and then she was hit in the engine room | |
| BRAZEN sank 6 miles SE of Folkstone. Only one member of her crew was killed during the attack and her gunners claimed to have shot down three Junkers Ju 87 Stukas |
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