| Career | |
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| Name: | HMS Tyrian |
| Ordered: | March 1941 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend |
| Laid down: | 15 October 1941 |
| Launched: | 27 July 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 8 April 1943 |
| Motto: | 'Tireless Ever' |
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| Fate: | Arrived for scrapping on 9 March 1965 |
| Notes: | Pennant number: R67 (later F67) |
| Badge: | On a Field Red, an owl Silver, with crook and flail Gold. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | T-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,710 long tons (1,737 t) - 1,730 long tons (1,758 t) (standard nominal) 1,780 long tons (1,809 t) - 1,810 long tons (1,839 t) (actual) 2,505 long tons (2,545 t) - 2,545 long tons (2,586 t) (deep load) |
| Length: | 339 ft 6 in (103.48 m) pp 362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) oa |
| Beam: | 35 ft 8 in (10.87 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft 2 in (4.32 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 40,000 shp |
| Speed: | 36.75 knots (42.29 mph; 68.06 km/h) |
| Complement: | 180-225 |
| Armament: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type 16 frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,800 long tons (1,800 t) standard 2,300 long tons (2,300 t) full load |
| Length: | 362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 37 ft 9 in (11.51 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers Steam turbines, 40,000 shp 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) full load |
| Complement: | 175 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
• Type 293Q target indication Radar • Type 974 navigation Radar • Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF • Type 146B search Sonar • Type 147 depth finder Sonar • Type 162 target classification Sonar • Type 174 attack Sonar |
| Armament: | • 1 × twin 4 in gun Mark 19 • 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mk.5 • 5 × single 40 mm Bofors gun Mk.9 • 2 × Squid A/S mortar • 1 × quad 21 in (533 mm) tubes for Mk.9 torpedoes |
HMS Tyrian (R67) was a T-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War. She was later converted to a Type 16 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F67.
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