HMS Lamerton (L88)
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HMS Lamerton was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was sold to the Indian Navy in 1952, where she served as INS Gomati.
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Aerial photograph of HMS Lamerton in September 1941 | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Lamerton |
Ordered | 3 September 1939 |
Builder | Swan Hunter |
Laid down | 10 April 1940 |
Launched | 14 December 1940 |
Commissioned | 16 August 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number: L88 |
Honours and awards | |
Fate | Loaned, then sold, to Indian Navy |
India | |
Name | INS Gomati |
Namesake | Gomti River |
Acquired | April 1958 |
Commissioned | 24 April 1953 |
Decommissioned | 1975 |
Identification | Pennant number: D93 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type II Hunt-class destroyer |
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Length | 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a |
Beam | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 2.51 m (8 ft 3 in) |
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Speed |
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Range | 3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)[1] |
Complement | 164 |
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Following the war, early in 1946, she was reduced to Reserve status at Harwich.