| HMS Escapade (H17) | |
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 Escapade during World War II | |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Escapade |
| Ordered: | 1 November 1932 |
| Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock |
| Cost: | £249,987 |
| Laid down: | 30 March 1933 |
| Launched: | 30 January 1934 |
| Completed: | 30 August 1934 |
| Decommissioned: | 1946 |
| Motto: |
Celeriter ("Swiftly") |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1939-45 Norway 1940 Arctic 1941-42 Malta Convoys 1942 North Africa 1942 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 17 May 1947 |
| Badge: | On a Field Green a white Horse, saltant |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: |
1,495 long tons (1,519.0 t) standard 2,050 long tons (2,082.9 t) full |
| Length: | 343 ft (105 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 33 ft 9 in (10.29 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Propulsion: |
3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 300 psi, 620 °F 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines 36,000 shp (27,000 kW) |
| Speed: |
36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) deep |
| Range: |
6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Complement: | 175 |
| Armament: |
4 (later 3) × 4.7 in Mk. IX L/45 (120 mm) guns, single mounts CP Mk.XVII 8 × QF 0.5 in Mk.I (12.7 mm) guns, quad mounts Mk.I 8 (4×2) tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes 1 rack for 20 × depth charges Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar (replaced "A" Turret in June 1943) Squid anti-submarine mortar (replaced Hedgehog in late 1944) |
HMS Escapade was an E-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy in commission from 1934 until 1946, that saw service before and during World War II, seeing service on Russian, Malta and Atlantic convoys.[1]
Construction[]
 Damage to Escapade during World War II |
The ship was ordered on 1 November 1932 from Scotts at Greenock under the 1931 Build Programme. She was laid down on 30 March 1933, along with her sister ship Escort, launched on 30 January 1934, and completed on 30 August 1934 for a cost of £249,987, excluding equipment such as weapons, ammunition and communications outfits that were supplied by the Admiralty.[1]
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