HMS Havelock (H88)
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HMS Havelock |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | White |
| Launched: | 7 July 1936 |
| Completed: | 18 January 1937 |
| Commissioned: | 16 October 1939 |
| Renamed: | Havelock |
| Fate: | braken up for scrap on 31 October 1946 at Inverkeithing |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1340 tons |
| Length: | 323 ft (98 m) overall |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft geared turbines 34000 SHP (25000 KW) |
| Speed: | 35.5 knots (6 m/s) |
| Complement: | 145 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
ASDIC as built, HF/DF from 1941, SW RADAR from 1942 |
| Armament: | (design) 4x4.7-inch (12-cm) LA guns, 8x0.5-inch (12.7-mm) AA guns, 8 TT |
HMS Havelock (H88) was an Havant class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
[edit] History
She was originally laid down as Jutahy for the Brazilian Navy by White at Cowes. Jutahy was launched on 7 July 1936, and completed on 18 January 1937.[1] Jutahy was one of six Brazilian destroyers purchased in September 1939, and was commissioned HMS Havelock on 16 October 1939.[2] The six ex-Brazilian Havant class destroyers initially formed the 9th Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet assigned to anti-submarine protection of Scapa Flow.[3]
In late 1940 the 9th Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet was transferred to the Western Approaches Command and re-designated the 9th Escort Group.[4] In March, 1942, the remaining five Havant class destroyers were designated leaders of Escort Groups B-1 through B-5. Havelock lead the Escort Group B-5 team of Town class destroyer Caldwell, V and W class destroyers Vanoc and Walker, River class frigate Swale, and Flower class corvettes Pimpernel, Godetia, Saxifrage, Buttercup and Lavender.[5][6] Escort Group B-5 was reassigned to Caribbean trade convoys from March of 1942; and returned to the Mid-Ocean Escort Force a year later to escort Convoy SC-122.[7]
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Dickens, Peter (1972). HMS Hesperus. Profile Publications.
- Kafka, Roger and Pepperburg, Roy L. (1946). Warships of the World. Cornell Maritime Press.
- Lenton, H.T. and Colledge, J.J. (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday and Company.
- Middlebrook, Martin (1976). Convoy. William Morrow and Company.
- Rohwer, J. and Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X.
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