Name: | OUDENARDE |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 12/10/1944 |
Launched: | 11/09/1945 |
Completed: | n/a |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1715 |
Dimensions: | 2325disp - 3300disp, 355.0 x 40.3 x 10.8(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 50000shp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 35.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.5ins DP, 1 x 4.0ins QF, 4 x 2 x 40mm AA, 4 x 1 x 20mm AA guns; |
2 x 5 x 21.0ins torpedoes; depth charges | |
History: | |
1945 | British Royal Navy |
1957 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Battle Class (Group II) |
23/10/1945: Contract cancelled | |
08/03/1946: Allocated to Naval Construction Research Establishment, Rosyth | |
1947: The incomplete hull was used for various structural shock trials | |
09/12/1957: Arrived at Rosyth for breaking up by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd | |
10/12/1957: Breaking up commenced |
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