| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Ordered | 5 June 1943 |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
| Laid down | 5 September 1946 |
| Launched | 21 December 1950 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1971 |
| Class | Daring-class destroyer (1949) destroyer |
|---|---|
| Displacement | Standard: 2,830 tons, Full load: 3,820 tons |
| Length | 390 ft (120 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draught | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts, 54,000 hp (40 MW) |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range | 4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement | Approximately 300 |
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HMS Delight was a Daring-class destroyer (1949) destroyer of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1950 as the Royal Navy's first all-welded warship, and broken up at Inverkeithing in 1971.[1]
Service history
In 1956 she formed part of the Royal Navy's force used during the Suez Operation. In 1959 Delight was involved in a collision in the Mediterranean with the cruiser HMS Birmingham. Two ratings died during damage control activities.[2]
Notes
- ^ "D Class Destroyers". Battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ Mason, Geoffrey B. (2007). "Chronology, Part 2 - 1951-60". naval-history.net. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
Publications
- McCart, Neil (2008). Daring Class Destroyers. Fan Publications. ISBN 978-1-904459-33-0.