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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| BROADSWORD |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1948 |
05/02/1946 |
04/10/1948 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Naval Destroyer
| Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
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1833 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 1980, 2440 disp |
365 ft 0 in |
38 ft 0 in |
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14 ft 6 in |
| Engine builder |
Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
| 2-shaft Parsons geared turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers, oil, 40,000shp giving 34 knots |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Royal Navy |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
Destroyer, Weapon Class - D.31
1953 Placed in reserve.
1957 Refitted as an Air Direction Ship.
1965 Placed on the disposal list. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1968 |
Broken Up 08/07/1968 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Arrived at T.Ward Ltd, Inverkeithing, 8/10/1968 for BU |
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Image courtesy of : Paul Strathdee collection
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Broadsword-Striker-Fort Langly 1959
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Broadsword at 28kts stern port off Libya 1962
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