HMS Cambrian (R85)
Cambrian, 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Cambrian |
| Ordered | 16 February 1942 |
| Builder | Scotts, Greenock |
| Laid down | 14 August 1942 as Spitfire |
| Launched | 10 December 1943 |
| Completed | 17 July 1944 |
| Commissioned | 17 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1968 |
| Renamed | Cambrian before launch |
| Identification | Pennant number: R85 initially, but changed to D85 in 1945 |
| Motto | Parves pars magna: 'Of a small people I am a great part'. |
| Honours & awards | Navarino 1827 - China 1860 - Arctic 1944 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, August 1971 |
| Badge | On a Field White, On a mount Green the Dragon of Wales. |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | C-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,710 long tons (1,740 t) (standard) |
| Length | 362 ft 9 in (110.6 m) o/a |
| Beam | 35 ft 8 in (10.9 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) (full load) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 186 |
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HMS Cambrian was one of eight C-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. commissioned in mid-1944, she was assigned to the Home Fleet and escorted two Arctic convoys as well as larger elements of the fleet during operations off the German-occupied Norwegian coast.