Eglinton served with the 16th Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich for the whole of her wartime service. She was involved in two actions with German S-Boats whilst escorting East coast convoys. She also was part of the support force for the Normandy landings.[1]
After August 1945 she was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Harwich.[2] On 24 June 1955 she was designated as a trials ship for exercise 'Sleeping Beauty' designed to test the state of ships held in reserve, and the time taken to bring them forward for service in the active fleet. She was sold for scrapping and arrived for scrapping at Blyth by Hughes Bolckow on 28 May 1956.[3]
Referencesedit
^English, John (1987). The Hunts. Cumbria: World Ship Society. ISBN0-905617-44-4.
^Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. ISBN0-9506323-9-2, page 24
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. ISBN0-905617-44-4.
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eglinton, other, ships, with, same, name, eglinton, type, hunt, class, destroyer, royal, navy, built, vickers, armstrongs, river, tyne, launched, december, 1939, adopted, town, alton, hampshire, part, warship, week, campaign, 1942, eglinton, c1942history, unit. For other ships with the same name see HMS Eglinton HMS Eglinton L87 was a Type I Hunt class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by Vickers Armstrongs on the River Tyne and launched on 28 December 1939 She was adopted by the town of Alton Hampshire as part of the Warship Week campaign in 1942 HMS Eglinton c1942History United Kingdom NameHMS Eglinton Ordered21 March 1939 BuilderVickers Armstrongs River Tyne Yard numberAdmiralty Job No J4091 Laid down8 June 1939 Launched28 December 1939 Completed28 August 1940 IdentificationPennant number L87 Honours andawardsAtlantic 1940 English Channel 1940 44 North Sea 1941 44 Normandy 1944 FateScrapped in May 1956 BadgeOn a Field Red two hunting horns in saltire and three annulets interlaced Gold General characteristics Class and typeType I Hunt class destroyer Displacement1 000 long tons 1 016 t standard 1 340 long tons 1 362 t full load Length85 m 278 ft 10 in o a Beam8 8 m 28 ft 10 in Draught3 27 m 10 ft 9 in Propulsion2 Admiralty 3 drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines 19 000 shp Speed27 5 knots 31 6 mph 50 9 km h 26 kn 30 mph 48 km h full Range3 500 nmi 6 500 km at 15 kn 28 km h 1 000 nmi 1 900 km at 26 kn 48 km h Complement146 Armament4 QF 4 inch 102 mm Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk XIX 4 QF 2 pounder 40 mm Mk VIII AA guns on quad mount MK VII 2 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on single mounts P Mk III 40 depth charges 2 throwers 1 rack Contents 1 Service history 2 References 3 Publications 4 External linksService history editEglinton served with the 16th Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich for the whole of her wartime service She was involved in two actions with German S Boats whilst escorting East coast convoys She also was part of the support force for the Normandy landings 1 After August 1945 she was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Harwich 2 On 24 June 1955 she was designated as a trials ship for exercise Sleeping Beauty designed to test the state of ships held in reserve and the time taken to bring them forward for service in the active fleet She was sold for scrapping and arrived for scrapping at Blyth by Hughes Bolckow on 28 May 1956 3 References edit English John 1987 The Hunts Cumbria World Ship Society ISBN 0 905617 44 4 Critchley Mike British Warships Since 1945 Part 3 Destroyers Maritime Books Liskeard UK 1982 ISBN 0 9506323 9 2 page 24 English p 59Publications editColledge 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 External links editProfile on naval history net nbsp This article about a specific naval ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Eglinton L87 amp oldid 1195620727, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
