HMS Wensleydale was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was a member of the third subgroup of the class, and saw service in the Second World War. She was adopted by the civil community of Swinton and Pendlebury during Warship Week in 1942.[2] As good luck she carried fox pads from the Wensydale Hounds gifted by the Chapman family of Thronton Rust, Wenslydae.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Wensleydale
Ordered23 August 1940
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Laid down28 July 1941
Launched20 June 1942
Commissioned20 October 1942
FateDeclared beyond economical repair on 11 December 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeType III Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard
  • 1,435 long tons (1,458 t) full load
Length85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam10.16 m (33 ft 4 in)
Draught3.51 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
  • 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
Range2,350 nmi (4,350 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Complement168
Armament
Notescost £352,000[1]

In 1946 she was laid up at West Hartlepool. She was sold and scrapped by Hughes Bolckow arriving at their yard in Blythe on 25 February 1947.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Brown, DK Nelson to Vanguard p107
  2. ^ Mason, Geoffrey B. (2004). Gordon Smith (ed.). "HMS Wensleydale (L 86) - Type 2, Hunt-class Escort Destroyer". naval-history.net. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  3. ^ Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 43

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Further reading

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  • Whitby, Michael (2022). "The Challenges of Operation 'Tunnel', September 1943 — April 1944". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2022. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. pp. 29–46. ISBN 978-1-4728-4781-2.
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