HMS Chequers
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HMS Chequers was a C-class destroyer, of the "Ch" subclass, of the Royal Navy that was in service from December 1945, and which was scrapped in 1966.
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HMS Chequers on completion, 15 September 1945. | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Chequers |
Ordered | 24 July 1942 |
Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, (Greenock, Scotland) |
Laid down | 4 May 1943 |
Launched | 30 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 28 September 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: R61 later changed to D61 |
Fate | Sold to John Cashmore Ltd on 23 July 1966 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | C-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1710 tons[1] |
Length | 362.75 ft (110.57 m)[1] |
Beam | 35.66 ft (10.87 m)[1] |
Draught | 10 ft (3.0 m) (mean), 16 ft (4.9 m) (max.)[1] |
Installed power | 40,000 hp (30,000 kW) |
Propulsion | Parsons geared turbines, 2 shafts; 2 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers[1] |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Complement | 186 |
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