HMS Milne (G14)
 HMS Milne on completion, 1942 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Milne |
| Builder: | Scotts, Greenock |
| Laid down: | 24 January 1940 |
| Launched: | 30 December 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 6 August 1942 |
| Honours and awards: |
Arctic (1943-44) North Africa (1942-43) |
| Fate: | Sold to Turkish Navy on 27 April 1959, renamed Alp Arslam |
| Career (Turkey) |  |
| Name: | Alp Arslam |
| Acquired: | 27 April 1959 |
| Fate: | Discarded 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | M-class Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,920 tons standard |
| Length: | 362 ft (110 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 boilers, 2 shaft geared turbines, 48,000 hp |
| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h) |
| Crew: | 236 |
| Armament: |
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HMS Milne was a M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served during World War II. She was built by Scotts, of Greenock, laid down 24 January 1940, launched 30 December 1941 and completed 6 August 1942. During the war she saw service in the Mediterranean and Arctic theatres.
Postwar service
Following the Second World War Milne, along with three other ships of the same class, was transferred to the Turkish Navy as part of an agreement signed at Ankara on 16 August 1957. They underwent a refit which involved the removal of the after set of torpedo tubes and some secondary armament. They received a new deckhouse and Squid anti-submarine weapons system. On 29 June 1959 they were handed over at Portsmouth. Milne was renamed Alp Arslan.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Blackman, Raymond V B, Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London, p248
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Friedman, Norman (2006). British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-86176-137-6.
- Lenton, H. T. (1998). British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
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