Name: | TRAFALGAR |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 05/02/1943 |
Launched: | 12/01/1944 |
Completed: | 06/06/1945 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1693 |
Dimensions: | 2325disp - 3430disp, 355.0 x 40.3 x 13.4(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 50000shp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 35.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.5ins QF, 1 x 4.0ins QF, 4 x 2 x 40mm, 4 x 1 x 40mm guns; |
2 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes, depth charges | |
History: | |
23/07/1945 | British Royal Navy |
07/1970 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Battle Class (Group 1) |
07/1970: Broken up at Dalmuir by WH Arnott, Young & Co Ltd |
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