HMS Cavendish (R15)
HMS Cavendish was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered in February 1942 from John Brown of Clydebank. She was originally to be named Sibyl but this was changed to Cavendish before launch to fit her revised class name. She was launched on 12 April 1944.
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HMS Cavendish (R15)
HMS Cavendish was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered in February 1942 from John Brown of Clydebank. She was originally to be named Sibyl but this was changed to Cavendish before launch to fit her revised class name. She was launched on 12 April 1944.
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HMS Cavendish was a C-class de ...... was launched on 12 April 1944.
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commissioning date
1944-07-28
completion date
1944-12-12
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1,106424e+2
motto
Cavendo tutus: ‘Safe by taking care‘
ship beam (μ)
1,08966e+1
ship launched
1944-04-12
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Arrived atbreaker's yardfor scrapping atBlython 14 August 1967
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733.914.009
Ship armament
*3 × QF L/45 guns Mark IV on ...... × Squid anti-submarine mortars
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On a Field Blue, a ring Gold nowed at the base by a snake Proper.
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United Kingdom
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* light,
* full
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Ship identification
Pennant number: R15 initially, but changed to D15 in 1945
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Ship propulsion
*2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,
*Parsons geared steam turbines,
*, 2 shafts
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Ship renamed
*Built as HMS Sibyl
*Renamed HMS Cavendish before launch
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