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:	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp
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.