| Name: | EGLINTON |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 08/06/1939 |
| Launched: | 28/12/1939 |
| Completed: | 28/08/1940 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 14 |
| Dimensions: | 1000disp - 1340disp, 264.3 x 29.0 x 8.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 19000shp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 27.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA guns; depth charges |
| History: | |
| 28/08/1940 | British Royal Navy |
| 28/05/1956 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Hunt Class (Type I) of destroyers |
| 194x: 1 x 2pdr bowchaser fitted for dealing with MTBs | |
| 28/05/1956: Broken up at Blyth by Hughes Bolckow Ltd |
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