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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| CAPRICE |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1944 |
16/09/1943 |
05/04/1944 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Naval Destroyer
| Steel Steam Turbine |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
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1810 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 2530 disp |
362 ft 9 in LOA |
35 ft 9 in |
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13 ft 9 in |
| Engine builder |
Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
2 - screw. 2 x Parsons-type geared steam turbines, 40,000 SHP giving 31 knots at full load.
2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers (300 lb/sq.in @640 deg F.) |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| The Admiralty, London. |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
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| Remarks |
C Class Destroyer (CA group). Originally to be named SWALLOW.
Original Pennant No R.01; later, post-war D.01 |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1979 |
Broken Up |
| Disposal Detail |
| Broken up at Queenborough. |
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