HMS Cheviot (R90)

HMS Cheviot on completion, December 1946.
Career (United Kingdom)
Name: HMS Cheviot
Ordered: 24 July 1942
Laid down: 27 April 1943
Launched: 2 May 1944
Commissioned: 11 December 1945
Identification: Pennant number: R90 later changed to D90
Fate: Scrapped by Thomas W. Ward Ltd, Inverkeithing from 22 October 1962
General characteristics
Type:Destroyer
Displacement:1710 tons[1]
Length:362.75 ft[1]
Beam:35.66 ft[1]
Draught:10 ft (mean), 16 ft. (max.)[1]
Installed power:40,000hp
Propulsion:Parsons geared turbines, 2 shafts; 2 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers[1]
Speed:36 kts
Complement:186
Armament:
  • 4 x QF 4.5 in L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V
  • 5 x 40mm anti-aircraft weapons
  • 4 x 21-inch torpedoes
  • 2 x Squid Anti-Submarine mortars (after 1954)

HMS Cheviot (R90) was a Ch class destroyer of the Royal Navy that was in service from December 1945, and scrapped in 1962. She was the only Royal Navy warship to bear this name.

Construction

The Royal Navy ordered HMS Cheviot on 24 July 1942, one of eight Ch class "Intermediate" destroyers of the 1942 Programme. She was commissioned in December 1946, too late for service in the Second World War.[2] The yard also built her sister ship, HMS Chevron.

Service

In 1946 Cheviot was assigned to the 1st Destroyer Squadron based at Malta. She saw service, along with other Royal Navy ships in preventing illegal immigration into Palestine in 1947.[3] Her pennant number was also subsequently changed to D90. She returned to the UK in 1950. She was given an interim modernization in 1954, which saw her 'X' turret at the rear of the ship replaced by two Squid Anti-submarine mortars.[4]

Between December 1956 and October 1959 she saw service in the Far East, as part of the 8th Destroyer Squadron.[5]

Decommissioning and disposal

Cheviot was decommissioned in March 1960. She was used as a target for homing torpedo trials.[6] She was subsequently sold to Thomas W. Ward Ltd and arrived at their yard in Inverkeithing for scrapping on 22 October 1962.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II 1946/7", Jane's Publishing Company, London, UK, 1946, reprinted by Crescent Books, Avenel, New Jersey, USA, 1995, ISBN 0-517-67963-9, page 52.
  2. ↑ http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12621.html
  3. ↑ Stewart, Ninian, The Royal Navy and the Palestine Patrol, Routledge, 2002.
  4. ↑ Marriott, Leo, Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allen Ltd, 1989. p.64
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 94
  6. ↑ The National Archives ADM 302/167

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