| Name: | MEYNELL |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 10/08/1939 |
| Launched: | 07/06/1940 |
| Completed: | 30/12/1940 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1579 |
| Dimensions: | 1000disp - 1340disp, 264.3 x 29.0 x 17.3ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR Geared, 19000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 27.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.0ins AA, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA guns; depth charges |
| History: | |
| 30/12/1940 | British Royal Navy |
| 1954 | Government of Ecuador; renamed PRESIDENTE VELASCO IBARRA |
| 05/05/1978 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Hunt Class (Type I) of destroyers |
| 1955: Refitted by JS White at Cowes, IoW | |
| 05/05/1978: Stricken and broken up |
Above photo as MEYNELL is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as MEYNELL is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as MEYNELL is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as PRESIDENTE VELASCO IBARRA is courtesy of Photoship