HMS Wensleydale was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was a member of the third subgroup of the class, and saw service in the Second World War. She was adopted by the civil community of Swinton and Pendlebury during Warship Week in 1942.[2] As good luck she carried fox pads from the Wensydale Hounds gifted by the Chapman family of Thronton Rust, Wenslydae.
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Wensleydale |
| Ordered | 23 August 1940 |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow |
| Laid down | 28 July 1941 |
| Launched | 20 June 1942 |
| Commissioned | 20 October 1942 |
| Fate | Declared beyond economical repair on 11 December 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type III Hunt-class destroyer |
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| 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) |
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| Range | 2,350 nmi (4,350 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h) |
| Complement | 168 |
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| Notes | cost £352,000[1] |
In 1946 she was laid up at West Hartlepool. She was sold and scrapped by Hughes Bolckow arriving at their yard in Blythe on 25 February 1947.[3]
References
edit- ^ Brown, DK Nelson to Vanguard p107
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey B. (2004). Gordon Smith (ed.). "HMS Wensleydale (L 86) - Type 2, Hunt-class Escort Destroyer". naval-history.net. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 43
Publications
edit- 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.
Further reading
edit- Whitby, Michael (2022). "The Challenges of Operation 'Tunnel', September 1943 — April 1944". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2022. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. pp. 29–46. ISBN 978-1-4728-4781-2.
External links
edit- HMS WENSLEYDALE (L 86) - Type III, Hunt-class Escort Destroyer at Naval History