| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Cassandra |
| Ordered: | February 1942 |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun |
| Laid down: | 30 January 1943 |
| Launched: | 29 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 28 July 1944 |
| Renamed: | Built as HMS Tourmaline Renamed HMS Cassandra when launched |
| Identification: | Pennant number: R62 |
| Motto: | Furiosior undis: 'More mad than the waves' |
| Honours and awards: |
Arctic 1944 |
| Fate: | Arrived at breaker's yard for scrapping on 28 April 1967 |
| Badge: | On a Field Blue, a woman's head affronte with two snakes wreathed round her neck and poised about her ears all Proper. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | C-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,710 tons (standard) 2,520 tons (full) |
| Length: | 363 ft (111 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 35.75 ft (10.90 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft (3.0 m) light, 14.5 ft (4.4 m) full |
| Propulsion: | 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp, 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 37 knots (69.45 km/h) |
| Range: | 615 tons oil, 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Complement: | 186 |
| Armament: |
3 x QF 4.5 in L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V |
HMS Cassandra was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered in February 1942 from Yarrow Shipbuilders.[1] She was originally to be named HMS Tourmaline but this was changed to fit her class name. She was laid down on 30 January 1943 and renamed Cassandra when launched on 29 November 1943.[2]
After her launch, she served primarily in Northern waters, escorting Russian convoys and was engaged in the search for the German battleship Tirpitz.[3] On 11 December 1944, she was hit by a torpedo from the U-boat U-365 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Diether Todenhagen.[4] 62 men died in the attack and she was towed, first by HMS Bahamas and then by a Soviet Navy tugboat to Kola inlet.[5] U-365 was sunk with all hands two days later by a Fairey Swordfish launched from HMS Campania.[6]
After the war, her repairs were completed and she served in the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean. She was placed in reserve until paying off in 1966. She arrived at the breaker's yard for scrapping on 28 April 1967.[7]
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