Name: | DESIRE & DIANA |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | n/a |
Launched: | n/a |
Completed: | n/a |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 681 & 682 respectively |
Dimensions: | 2830disp - 3820disp, 366.0 x 43.0 x 12.8(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Geared steam turbines, Parsons type, 54000shp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 30.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 3 x 2 x 4.5ins QF, 3 x 2 x 40mm guns, 2 x 5 x 21.0ins torpedoes, Squid mortar |
History: | |
British Royal Navy | |
Cancelled | |
Comments: | Members of the Daring Class of destroyers |
16/02/1945: Ordered by the Admiralty | |
DESIRE allocated pennant number I19 | |
DIANA allocated pennant number I77 | |
13/12/1945: Cancelled by the Admiralty, not laid down |