HMS Bramham
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HMS Bramham (L51) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down in Alexander Stephen and Sons shipyards Govan, Scotland on 7 April 1941. She was launched on 29 January 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 16 June 1942. She was named after the Bramham Moor Hunt and has been the only Royal Navy warship to bear the name. She was adopted by the town of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire during the Warship Week savings campaign of 1942.
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HMS Bramham on the River Clyde, 1942 (IWM) | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Bramham |
Ordered | 4 September 1940 |
Builder | Alexander Stephen and Sons |
Laid down | 7 April 1941 |
Launched | 29 January 1942 |
Commissioned | 16 June 1942 |
Decommissioned | March 1943 |
Identification | Pennant number: L51 |
Fate | Transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy, March 1943. |
Greece | |
Name | Themistoklis |
Namesake | Themistocles |
Acquired | March 1943 |
Commissioned | 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1959 |
Stricken | 12 November 1959 |
Fate | Returned to Royal Navy, 12 November 1959 and scrapped 1960 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type II Hunt-class destroyer |
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Length | 85.34 m (280.0 ft) |
Beam | 9.62 m (31.6 ft) |
Draught | 2.51 m (8 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines; 19,000 shp |
Speed | 25.5 kn (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) |
Range | 3,600 nmi (6,670 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 164 |
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