Name: | CALPE |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 12/06/1940 |
Launched: | 28/04/1941 |
Completed: | 24/11/1941 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1595 |
Dimensions: | 1050disp - 1430disp, 264.2 x 31.5 x 8.3(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 19000shp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 27.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 3 x 2 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr QF guns; 2 x 1 x depth charge throwers; |
1 x depth charge rail | |
History: | |
24/11/1941 | British Royal Navy |
1952 | Government of Denmark; renamed ROLF KRAKE |
1966 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Hunt Class (Type II) of destroyers |
1952: On loan to the Danish Government | |
1961: Purchased by the Danish Government | |
1966: Broken up in Denmark |
Above photo as CALPE is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as CALPE is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as ROLF KRAKE is courtesy of Photoship