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Name: LIDDESDALE
Type: Destroyer
Keel: 22/11/1939
Launched: 19/08/1940
Completed: 03/03/1941
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 20
Dimensions: 1050disp - 1430disp, 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: 3 x 2 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 2 x 1 x 20mm AA guns; depth charges
History:
03/03/1941 British Royal Navy
10/1948 Broken up
Comments: Member of the Hunt Class (Type II) of destroyers
194x: 1 x 2pdr bowchaser fitted for dealing with MTBs
01/10/1948: Sold to JJ King Ltd for breaking up at Gateshead


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