HMS Lauderdale (L95)
HMS Lauderdale was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Ships of this class were designed as cheap, easily built vessels for convoy escort and antisubmarine duties. She was named like her sisters after a fox hunt, in her case one in Berwickshire. War bonds were issued to finance the building of warships. During Warship Week held in 1942 the civil community of Berwickshire adopted the ship. She has been the only Royal Navy warship to carry this name.
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HMS Lauderdale (L95)
HMS Lauderdale was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Ships of this class were designed as cheap, easily built vessels for convoy escort and antisubmarine duties. She was named like her sisters after a fox hunt, in her case one in Berwickshire. War bonds were issued to finance the building of warships. During Warship Week held in 1942 the civil community of Berwickshire adopted the ship. She has been the only Royal Navy warship to carry this name.
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HMS Lauderdale was a Hunt-clas ...... vy warship to carry this name.
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1939-12-12
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1939-09-04
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ship launched
1941-08-05
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Returned to the Royal Navy December 1959
Scrapped in Greece 1960
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Ship armament
*4 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on ...... h charges, 4 throwers, 3 racks
Ship badge
On a Field Red two antlers, suspended from the tines a bugle horn, stringed Gold.
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* standard
* full load
Ship honours
*Atlantic 1942
*North Sea 1942 ...... uth France 1944
*Adriatic 1944
Ship identification
pennant number: L95
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Ship out of service
Loaned to the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1946
Ship propulsion
*2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
*2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp
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HMS Lauderdale was a Hunt-clas ...... vy warship to carry this name.
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HMS Lauderdale (L95)
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