| Name: | CORUNNA |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 12/04/1944 |
| Launched: | 29/05/1945 |
| Completed: | 06/06/1947 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1713 |
| Dimensions: | 2315disp - 3290disp, 379.0 x 40.5 x 12.8(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 50000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 34.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.5ins QF, 2 x 1 x 4.0ins QF guns, 2 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes, depth charges |
| History: | |
| 06/06/1947 | British Royal Navy |
| 11/09/1975 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Battle Class (Group II) |
| 1962: Converted to an aircraft direction ship with long range radar | |
| 1962: 4.0ins guns and torpedo tubes removed | |
| 1962: 1 x 4 x Seacat anti-air missile & 1 x Squid anti-submarine mortar added | |
| 23/11/1974: Arrived at Sunderland to be broken up by H Kitson Vickers | |
| 11/09/1975: Transferred to Blyth & broken up by CF Booth |
Above photo, before conversion, courtesy of Photoship
Above photo, after conversion, courtesy of Photoship
Above photo, after conversion, courtesy of Photoship
Above photo taken 23/11/1974 is copyright of Peter Crichton
Above photo taken 23/11/1974 is copyright of Peter Crichton
Above photo shows CORUNNA, nearest the camera, at Sunderland. Photo is copyright of Steve Gray