Greek destroyer Kanaris (L53)
Kanaris (Greek: ΒΠ Κανάρης) was a Type III Hunt-class destroyer that was originally built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Hatherleigh but never commissioned. Before her completion, she was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy and commissioned on 27 July 1942 as Kanaris in order to relieve heavy losses of ships sustained by the Royal Hellenic Navy during the German invasion of 1941. Kanaris served throughout the Second World War and during the Greek Civil War. She was returned to the Royal Navy in 1959 and broken up for scrap in 1960.[1]
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| Name: | Hatherleigh |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle upon Tyne) |
| Laid down: | 12 December 1940 |
| Launched: | 18 December 1941 |
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| Name: | Kanaris - ΒΠ Κανάρης |
| Namesake: | Konstantinos Kanaris |
| Commissioned: | 27 July 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 1959 |
| Identification: | pennant number: L53 |
| Fate: | returned to UK and sold for scrap in 1960 |
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| Class and type: | Type III Hunt-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 85.3 m (280 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.4 m (37 ft) |
| Draft: | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3 drum boilers, Engines: 2 shaft Parsons turbine, Shafts: 2 (twin screw ship), Power: 19,000 shp, (14.2 MW) |
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| Range: | 2,350 nautical miles (4,350 km) at 20.0 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 170 |
| Armament: | 4 × 4-inch (102 mm) (2 × 2) guns, one 4 × 40 mm A/A QF 2-pounder pompom gun, 3 × 20 mm A/A, 2 × 21-inch (533 mm) T/T, one depth charge track |
References
- Raymond V B Blackman (ed.). Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4,. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 112.
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.
- English, John (1987). The Hunts: a history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-44-4.
External links
- RHS Kanaris (L 53) at UBoat.net
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