HMS Consort on the river Clyde in 1945 |
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| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | C-class destroyer |
| Name: | HMS Consort |
| Ordered: | 14 August 1942 |
| Builder: | Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow |
| Laid down: | 26 May 1943 |
| Launched: | 19 October 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 19 March 1946 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: R76 |
| Fate: | Arrived for scrapping at Swansea on 15 March 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | C-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,885 tons (1,915 tonnes) 2,545 tons full (2,585 tonnes) |
| Length: | 362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 35.75 ft (10.90 m) |
| Draught: | 11.75 ft (3.58 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29.8 MW), 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 36 kt / 32 kt full |
| Range: | 4,675 nmi at 20 kt 1,400 nmi at 32 kt |
| Complement: | 186 (222 as leader |
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HMS Consort was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 October 1944 and commissioned on 19 March 1946.[1]
She lost 49 crew whilst berthed at Nanking in 1949 when she was attacked by the Chinese.[2] She suffered further loss during the Yangtze Incident in an attempt to tow Amethyst from a mudbank taking 56 direct hits, and causing casualties of 23 wounded and a further ten dead.[3]
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