| Name: | SOLEBAY |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 03/02/1943 |
| Launched: | 22/02/1944 |
| Completed: | 11/10/1945 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 659 |
| Dimensions: | 2325disp - 3300disp, 355.0 x 40.25 x 10.75(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 50000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screw, 35.75knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.5ins QF, 4 x 2 x 40mm AA, 4 x 1 x 20mm guns; 2 x 5 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 11/10/1945 | British Royal Navy |
| 11/08/1967 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Battle Class (First Group) of destroyers |
| Delay in outfitting caused by late delivery of the fire control tower & systems | |
| 10/08/1967: Arrived at Troon for breaking up | |
| 07/11/1967: Breaking up commenced | |
| 03/12/1968: Breaking up completed |
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