HMS Gabbard (D47)

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Career

Ordered:
Laid down:	2 February 1944
Launched:	16 March 1945
Commissioned:	10 December 1946
Decommissioned:	1953 from Royal Navy
Fate:	Sold to Pakistan Navy. Renamed Badr
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	2,480 tons standard / 3,430 tons full load
Length:	379 ft (116 m)
Beam:	40.5 ft
Draught:	12.75 ft standard 15.3 ft full load
Propulsion:	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 50,000 shp (37 MW)
Speed:	35.75 knots (66 km/h)
Range:	4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h
Complement:	232 peace time 268 war
Armament:	2 x twin 4.5 in guns QF Mark III on mount BD Mk.IV 1 x single 4.5 in gun QF Mark IV on mount CP Mk.V 2 x twin 40 mm Bofors mounts "STAAG" Mk.II 1 x twin 40 mm Bofors mounts "utility" Mk.V 2 x single 40 mm Bofors mount Mk.VII 2 x pentuple tubes for 21 in torpedoes Mk.IX 1 x Squid A/S mortar
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See HMS Gabbard for other ships of the name.

HMS Gabbard (D47) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named in honour of the Battle of Gabbard, which occurred in 1653, and which resulted in an English victory over the Dutch Fleet. Gabbard was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited on the Tyne. She was launched on 16 March 1945 and commissioned on 10 December 1946.

Upon commissioning, Gabbard joined the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, part of the Home Fleet based in the UK. In 1947, Gabbard, while on a visit to Scandinavia, collided with a ferry, causing some damage to Gabbard. In 1948, Gabbard took part in the Autumn Cruise, which included the two carriers HMS Theseus and Vengeance, and three other smaller vessels. The Cruise deployed to South Africa and the West Indies, performing a number of fly-the-flag visits to a variety of ports, and performing naval exercises and other duties. In 1949, Gabbard, escorting Vengeance once more, deployed to the cold climate of the Arctic for experiments in that region.

In 1950, Gabbard, along with a number of other vessels of the Home Fleet, including three aircraft carriers, such as HMS Victorious, and the battleship Vanguard, undertook a Spring Cruise, visiting the Mediterranean, where the Group performed a number of fly-the-flag visits to port, and naval exercises. In 1953, Gabbard decommissioned, and was subsequently placed in Reserve. In 1957, Gabbard was sold to the Pakistani Navy, being renamed Badr. In 1971, Badr was heavily damaged by Indian warships during the Indo-Pakistan War.