HMS Constance (R71)

Career (UK)
Name: HMS Constance
Ordered: 12 September 1942
Builder: Vickers Armstrong
Laid down: 11 March 1943
Launched: 22 June 1944
Commissioned: 6 June 1945
Identification: Pennant number: R71, later changed to D71
Motto: Desirmais : "Thereafter"
Fate: Arrived for scrapping at Inverkeithing on 8 March 1956
Badge: On a field Blue, a Dragon Red on three wavelets Gold
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 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full
Range:4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
1,400 nmi (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement:186
Sensors and
processing systems:		Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI
Armament:
  • 4 x QF 4.5 in L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V
  • 2 x Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV
  • 4 x anti-aircraft mountings;
    • Single Bofors 40 mm Mk.III
    • Single QF 2 - pdr Mk.VIII Mk.XVI
    • Single Oerlikon 20 mm P Mk.III
    • Twin Oerlikon 20 mm Mk.V
  • 8 (2x4) tubes for 21-inch (530 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX
  • 4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Constance.

HMS Constance was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched on 22 June 1944.[1]

After the war she was allocated to the 8th Destroyer squadron for service in the Far East. This included deployments as part of United Nations operations, as part of the Korean War. She returned from the far East and was listed for disposal in 1955. [2] She was sold to Ward's for scrapping at Inverkeithing, arriving there on 8 March 1956.

References

  1. ↑ Mason, Lt Cdr Geoffrey B. "Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2". Naval-History.
  2. ↑ Marriot, Leo, 1983. Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983, Ian Allen Ltd, p65

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