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Name: HAYDON
Type: Destroyer
Keel: 01/05/1941
Launched: 02/04/1942
Completed: 24/10/1942
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 34
Dimensions: 1050disp - 1435disp, 264.3 x 31.5 x 8.3(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 19000shp
Engines by: Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 27.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 2 x 2 x 4.0ins AA, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 3 x 1 x 20mm AA guns;
1 x 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes; depth charges
History:
24/10/1942 British Royal Navy
18/05/1958 Broken up
Comments: Member of the Hunt Class (Type III) of destroyers
18/05/1958: Broken up by Clayton & Davie Ltd at Dunston


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