Weapon class destroyer

British destroyer HMS Broadsword after her conversion to a radar picket destroyer in 1957-1958.

The Weapon-class was a class of destroyers built for the British Royal Navy towards the end of World War II. They were the smaller counterpart to the Battle-class (which followed them) and were the first new destroyer designs for the Royal Navy since the Second World War Emergency Programme. A total of twenty-three vessels were built for the Royal Navy.

Specifications

• Type: Destroyer
• Service Period: 1944-1971
• Characteristics:
  • Length: 365 feet (111.25 meters)
  • Beam: 38 feet (11.58 meters)
  • Draught: 14 feet 6 inches (4.42 meters)
  • Displacement: 1,980 tons (Standard); 2,825 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 234-256
• Propulsion: 4 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 x Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 x shafts, 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
• Range: 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 kilometers) at 20 knots (37.04 km/h)
• Speed: 31 knots (57.41 km/h)
• Sensor Suite:
  • Type 262 STAAG fire control RDF
  • Type 275 fire control RDF
  • Type 291 air warning RDF
  • Type 293M target indication RDF
• Armament:
  • 4 x QF 4"/45-caliber Mk.XVI dual purpose naval guns (2x2)
  • 10 x Bofors 40mm/60-caliber anti-aircraft guns (4x2, 2x1)
  • 10 x 21" torpedo tubes (2x5)
  • 2 x Squid ASW mortars
  • 1 x Limbo Mk.10 ASW mortar

Unit Run

• HMS Dirk (D02)
• HMS Scorpion (D04)
• HMS Poniard (D06)
• HMS Lance (D08)
• HMS Sword (D11)
• HMS Dagger (D23)
• HMS Celt (D27)
• HMS Culverin (D28)
• HMS Rapier (D33)
• HMS Rifle (D41)
• HMS Howitzer (D42)
• HMS Battleaxe (D48)
• HMS Broadsword (D49)
• HMS Grenade (D53)
• HMS Tomahawk (D64)
• HMS Carronade (D82)
• HMS Spear (D93)
• HMS Claymore (D94)
• HMS Crossbow (D96)
• HMS Halberd (D99)
• HMS Musket (D112)
• HMS Cutlass (D113)
• HMS Longbow (D120)