| HMS Relentless (H85) | |
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 Relentless As Built, December 1942 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Relentless (H85) |
| Owner: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | May 1941 |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company, Clydebank,Yard No.590 |
| Laid down: | 20 June 1941 |
| Launched: | 15 July 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 30 November 1942 |
| Out of service: | Reserve Fleet - November 1947 |
| Reinstated: | 1952. Converted to Type 15 Frigate |
| Honours and awards: | SABANG 1944 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | R-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,705 tons standard, 2,425 tons full load |
| Length: | 358ft overall |
| Beam: | 35ft 9in |
| Draught: | 9ft 6in |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, Parsons steam turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) on 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 36 knots |
| Range: | 4,675nm @ 20 knots |
| Complement: | 176 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar - Type 290 air warning, Type 285 ranging and bearing |
| Armament: | 4 x 4.7” Mk IX single guns; 4 x 2pdr Mk VIII (40mm L/39), quad mount Mk VII; 6 x QF 20mm Oerlikon, single mount P Mk III; 4 x throwers & 2 x racks, 70 depth charges |
HMS Relentless (H85) was an R-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F185.
HMS Relentless (F185) after her conversion to a Type 15 frigate.
In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
Publications[]
- Colledge, 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. OCLC 67375475.
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
- SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2 by Lt Cdr Geoffrey B Mason RN (Rtd) (c) 2003
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