Name: | GABBARD |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 02/02/1944 |
Launched: | 16/03/1945 |
Completed: | 10/12/1946 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1705 |
Dimensions: | 2315disp - 3290disp, 379.0 x 40.3 x 12.8(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 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, 1 x 4.0ins QF guns, 2 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes, depth charges |
History: | |
10/12/1946 | British Royal Navy |
1956 | Government of Pakistan; renamed BADR |
1986 | Government of Pakistan - Maritime Security Agency; renamed INDUS |
1989 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Battle Class (Group 1) |
Above photo as GABBARD is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as GABBARD is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as GABBARD is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as BADR is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 19/01/1957