TYNE BUILT SHIPS
  A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

Home

Shipbuilders

Ships

River Views

About

Copyright

Select

Ship Name

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

XYZ


Name: DUCHESS
Type: Destroyer
Keel: 12/06/1931
Launched: 19/07/1932
Completed: 27/01/1933
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 1007
Dimensions: 1375disp - 1890disp, 317.8 x 33.0 x 8.5(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 36000shp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 35.5knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 4 x 1 x 4.7ins, 2 x 1 x 2pdr AA, 2 x 4 x 0.5ins AA guns; 2 x 4 x 21ins torpedoes
History:
27/01/1933 British Royal Navy
12/12/1939 Sank
Comments: Member of the D Class of destroyers; cost £229,367
12/12/1939: Whilst escorting HMS BARHAM off the Mull of Kintyre in heavy fog, BARHAM collided with DUCHESS. DUCHESS capsized and blew up, killing 124 of her crew


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum