HMS Hardy (R08)

History
Hardy in August 1943
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Hardy
Ordered:	1 September 1941
Builder:	John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Laid down:	14 May 1942
Launched:	18 March 1943
Commissioned:	August 1943
Identification:	Pennant number:R08
Honours and awards:	Arctic 1943-44
Fate:	Sunk 30 January 1944
Badge:	.
General characteristics
Class & type:	V-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,777 long tons (1,806 t) standard 2,058 long tons (2,091 t) full load
Length:	363 ft (111 m)
Beam:	35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Draught:	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion:	2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers Geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29,828 kW) 2 shafts
Speed:	37 knots (43 mph; 69 km/h)
Range:	4,860 nmi (9,000 km) at 29 kn (54 km/h)
Complement:	180 (225 in flotilla leader)
Armament:	Original configuration : 4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk IX guns in single mountings CP Mk.XXII 2 × QF 40 mm Bofors guns in twin mount Mk.IV 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns; 2 × twin mounts Mk.V, 2 × single mounts Mk.III 2 × quadruple tubes for 21-inch (530 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX

HMS Hardy was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War. She was built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, laid down on 14 May 1942, launched 18 March 1943, and completed 14 August 1943. Hardy was lost on 30 January 1944.

Notes

References

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.

External links

U- and V-class destroyers

Royal Navy

U class	Grenville [leader] Ulster Ulysses Undaunted Undine Urania Urchin Ursa

V class	Hardy [leader] Kempenfelt / Valentine Venus Verulam Vigilant Virago Vixen Volage

Royal Canadian Navy

V class	Algonquin (ex-Valentine) Sioux (ex-Vixen)

Preceded by: T class
Followed by: W class

List of destroyers of the Royal Navy

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