HMS Liddesdale (L100)

HMS Liddesdale was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by Vickers-Armstrong in Newcastle and launched on 19 August 1940. She was laid down on 20 November 1939 and commissioned 28 February 1941. She served as a convoy escort in the Mediterranean Sea.[1][2][3]

HMS Liddesdale
History
United Kingdom
Name: Liddesdale
Ordered: 4 September 1939
Builder: Vickers-Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.): Parsons
Laid down: 20 November 1939
Launched: 19 August 1940
Commissioned: 28 February 1941
Out of service: Sold in 1948
Identification: pennant number: L100
Fate: Scrapped in 1948 at Gateshead
General characteristics
Class and type: Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard
  • 1,435 long tons (1,458 t) full load
Length: 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam: 10.16 m (33 ft 4 in)
Draught: 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
  • 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
Range: 2,350 nmi (4,350 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Complement: 168
Armament:
  • 4 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
  • 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 110 depth charges, 4 throwers, 3 racks

War service

HMS Liddesdale served as a convoy escort based from Malta for the majority of World War II. On 21 May 1944, Liddesdale, alongside the destroyers Termagant and Tenacious sank U-453 using depth charges off the south coast of Italy.[1]

Sources
  • Colledge, J. J. & Warlow, Ben. Ships of the Royal Navy - The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present. Casemate. ISBN 978-1-935149-07-1.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • 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. Cumbria: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-44-4.
  • Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two - an international encyclopedia. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-910-5.
  • Gardiner, Robert (1987). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.

References
  1. "HMS Liddesdale (L 100)". uboat.net.
  2. "HMS Oakley, escort destroyer, WW2". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  3. "HMS Liddesdale - World Naval Ships Directory". www.worldnavalships.com. Retrieved 2017-04-03.


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