Name: | OAKLEY |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 22/11/1939 |
Launched: | 30/10/1940 |
Completed: | 17/06/1941 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 21 |
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, 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: | |
17/06/1941 | British Royal Navy |
1941 | Government of Poland; renamed KUJAWIAK |
16/06/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | Member of the Hunt Class (Type II) of destroyers |
16/06/1942: Mined & sunk off Valetta |
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