Name: | RIVER PLATE |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 11/04/1945 |
Launched: | n/a |
Completed: | n/a |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1717 |
Dimensions: | 2315disp - 3290disp, 379.0 x 40.5 x 12.8(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Geared steam turbines, Parsons type, 50000shp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 34.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.5ins QF, 2 x 1 x 4.0ins QF guns, 2 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes, depth charges |
History: | |
1945 | British Royal Navy |
1946 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Battle Class (Group II) |
10/1945: Contract cancelled by the Admiralty | |
Subsequently broken up on the berth |