HMS Grenville (R97)
Grenville on the River Tyne, May 1943 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Grenville |
| Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
| Laid down | 1 November 1941 |
| Launched | 12 October 1942 |
| Commissioned | 27 May 1943 |
| Identification | Pennant number F197 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1983 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | V-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 363 ft (111 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 8 in (10.87 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) |
| Range | 4,860 nmi (9,000 km; 5,590 mi) at 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
| Complement | 180 (225 in flotilla leader) |
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| General characteristics Type 15 frigate | |
| Class & type | Type 15 frigate |
| Displacement | 2,300 long tons (2,337 t) standard |
| Length | 358 ft (109 m) o/a |
| Beam | 37 ft 9 in (11.51 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) (full load) |
| Complement | 174 |
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HMS Grenville was the second ship of this name to serve with the Royal Navy in the Second World War. Grenville and seven other U-class destroyers were ordered as part of the Emergency Programme. She was launched at Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne on 12 October 1942 and commissioned on 27 May 1943.
The Royal Navy's practice had been to name all destroyers of a class with names starting with the class letter, in this "U". However, the Royal Navy had reverted to an earlier practice of naming the flotilla leader after a prominent historical seaman, in this case after Vice Admiral Sir Richard Grenville, an Elizabethan soldier and sailor.