HMS Liddesdale
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Liddesdale |
Ordered | 4 September 1939 |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.): Parsons |
Laid down | 20 November 1939 |
Launched | 19 August 1940 |
Commissioned | 28 February 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number: L100 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1948 at Gateshead |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hunt-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a |
Beam | 10.16 m (33 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 2,350 nmi (4,350 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h) |
Complement | 168 |
Armament |
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HMS Liddesdale was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by Vickers-Armstrong in Newcastle and launched on 19 August 1940. She was laid down on 20 November 1939 and commissioned 28 February 1941. She served as a convoy escort in the Mediterranean Sea. [1] [2] [3]
HMS Liddesdale served as a convoy escort based from Malta for the majority of World War II. On 21 May 1944, Liddesdale, alongside the destroyers Termagant and Tenacious sank U-453 using depth charges off the south coast of Italy. [1]
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