HMS Carron (R30)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Carron |
| Ordered: | 24 March 1942 |
| Builder: | Scotts, Greenock |
| Laid down: | 26 November 1942 |
| Launched: | 28 March 1944 |
| Completed: | 6 November 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 28 July 1944 |
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| Identification: | Pennant number: R30 initially, but changed to D30 in 1945 |
| Honours and awards: | None |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1967 |
| Badge: | On a Field Red, a fountain charged with a Stag's head caboched Gold. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | C-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,710 tons (standard) 2,520 tons (full) |
| Length: | 363 ft (111 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 35.75 ft (10.90 m) |
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| Speed: | 37 knots (69 km/h) |
| Range: | 615 tons oil, 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Complement: | 186 |
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HMS Carron was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered in February 1942 from Scotts of Greenock.[1] She was originally to be named HMS Strenuous but this was changed to Carron before launch to fit her revised class name. She was laid down on 26 November 1942 and launched on 28 March 1944.
Wartime service
On commissioning she joined the Home fleet and served in the North Atlantic and off Norway. In 1945 she deployed to the Indian Ocean, returning to the UK in 1946.[1]
Post war service
Following the war Carron paid off into reserve. She was the first of her class to be selected for modernistion and the work was completed at Chatham. Work included a new bridge and gunnery fire control system, as well as the addition of Squid anti-submarine mortars.[2] The ship emerged from modernisation in 1955 for service with the Dartmouth Training Squadron. Her 'B' gun turret was replaced by a charthouse. In 1960 the ship was further de-equipped so she could serve as a navigational training ship, with only her torpedo tubes remaining and further charthouses fitted on the Squid deck.[2] In 1961 she carried out Foul Weather trials in the Atlantic including the use of new Life Raft and survival suits.[3]
Decommissioning and disposal
Carron was paid off in 1963. She arrived at the breaker's yard of T W Ward at Inverkeithing for scrapping on 31 March 1967.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Mason, Geoffrey B. (2004). Gordon Smith, ed. "HMS Carron (R 30) - Ca-class Destroyer". naval-history.net. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- 1 2 Warlow, Ben (1990). Channel Sweep. Liskeard: Maritime Books. p. 32. ISBN 0-907771-40-8.
- ↑ Mason, Geoffrey B. (2007). "Chronology, Part 3 - 1961-70". naval-history.net. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
Publications
- 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.
- Marriott, Leo (1989). Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allen Ltd. ISBN 0-7110-1817-0.
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