HMS Eclipse (H08)
Eclipse, 1935 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Eclipse |
| Namesake | Eclipse |
| Ordered | 1 November 1932 |
| Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Laid down | 22 March 1933 |
| Launched | 12 April 1934 |
| Completed | 29 November 1934 |
| Identification | Pennant number: H08 |
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| Fate | Sunk by a mine, 24 October 1943 |
| Badge | On a Field Blue, the Earth Black over a sun Gold. |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | E-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,405 long tons (1,428 t) (standard) |
| Length | 329 ft (100.3 m) o/a |
| Beam | 33 ft 3 in (10.13 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep) |
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| Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph) |
| Range | 6,350 nmi (11,760 km; 7,310 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 145 |
| Sensors & processing systems | ASDIC |
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HMS Eclipse was an E-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in the Atlantic, Arctic, and Mediterranean theatres during World War II, until sunk by a mine in the Aegean Sea on 24 October 1943.