The British destroyer HMS Undaunted underway in the River Mersey on February 28th, 1944.
The U/V-class destroyers were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy launched in 1942–1943. They were constructed in three flotillas, each with names beginning with "U-" or "V-" (although there was a return to the pre-war practice of naming the designated flotilla leader after a famous naval figure from history to honour the lost ships Grenville and Hardy) although the RCN named their's after historic forts. The flotillas constituted the 7th Emergency Flotilla and 8th Emergency Flotilla, built under the War Emergency Programme. These ships used the Fuze Keeping Clock HA Fire Control Computer.
Specifications[]
- Type: Destroyer
- Service Period: 1943-1982
- Characteristics:
- Length: 363 feet (110.64 meters)
- Beam: 35 feet 8 inches (10.87 meters)
- Draught: 10 feet (3.05 meters)
- Displacement: 1,780 tons (Standard); 2,060 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 180 (225 as flotilla leader)
- Propulsion: 2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, geared steam turbines, 2 x shafts, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
- Range: 4,860 nautical miles (9,001 kilometers) at 20 knots (37.04 km/h)
- Speed: 36.75 knots (68.07 km/h)
- Armament:
- 4 x QF 4.7".45-caliber Mk.IX dual purpose naval guns (4x1)
- 2 x Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns (1x2)
- 6 x Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft cannons (6x1)
- 8 x 21" torpedo tubes (2x4)
Unit Run[]
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U-class[]
- HMS Urania (D05)
- HMS Ursa (D22)
- HMS Undine (D42)
- HMS Undaunted (D53)
- HMS Ulysses (D69)
- HMS Ulster (D83)
- HMS Grenville (D97)
- HMS Urchin (D99)
V-class[]
- HMS Hardy (D08)
- HMS Valentine (D17)
- HMS Verulam (D28)
- HMS Volage (D41)
- HMS Venus (D50)
- HMS Vixen (D64)
- HMS Virago (D75)
- HMS Vigilant (D93)
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- HMCS Fort Selkirk (D228)
- HMCS Fort Dauphin (D229)
- HMCS Fort Churchill (D230)
- HMCS Fort Reliance (D231)
- HMCS Fort Kaministiquia (D232)
- HMCS Fort Beauséjour (D233)
- HMCS Fort Defiance (D234)
- HMCS Fort Victoria (D235)