HMS Cheviot (R90)

HMS Cheviot (R90) was a Ch class destroyer of the Royal Navy that was in service from December 1945, and scrapped in 1962. She was the only Royal Navy warship to bear this name.

Construction
The Royal Navy ordered HMS Cheviot on 24 July 1942, one of eight Ch class "Intermediate" destroyers of the 1942 Programme. She was commissioned in December 1946, too late for service in the Second World War. The yard also built her sister ship, HMS Chevron.

Service
In 1946 Cheviot was assigned to the 1st Destroyer Squadron based at Malta. She saw service, along with other Royal Navy ships in preventing illegal immigration into Palestine in 1947. Her pennant number was also subsequently changed to D90. She returned to the UK in 1950. She was given an interim modernization in 1954, which saw her 'X' turret at the rear of the ship replaced by two Squid Anti-submarine mortars.

Between December 1956 and October 1959 she saw service in the Far East, as part of the 8th Destroyer Squadron.

Decommissioning and disposal
Cheviot was decommissioned in March 1960. She was used as a target for homing torpedo trials. She was subsequently sold to Thomas W. Ward Ltd and arrived at their yard in Inverkeithing for scrapping on 22 October 1962.

Publications

 * Marriott, Leo, Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allen Ltd, 1989. ISBN 0 7710 1817 0
 * Marriott, Leo, Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allen Ltd, 1989. ISBN 0 7710 1817 0