HMS Cavalier (R73)
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HMS Cavalier is a retired C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at East Cowes on 28 March 1943, launched on 7 April 1944,[1] and commissioned on 22 November 1944.[3] She served in World War II and in various commissions in the Far East until she was decommissioned in 1972. After decommissioning she was preserved as a museum ship and currently resides at Chatham Historic Dockyard.[4]
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Name | HMS Cavalier |
Builder | J. Samuel White and Company, Cowes, Isle of Wight |
Laid down | 28 March 1943 |
Launched | 7 April 1944 |
Commissioned | 22 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1972 |
Identification | Pennant number: R73 (later D73) |
Motto | "Of one Company" |
Fate | Sold 21 October 1977. |
Status | Preserved as a museum ship since 1998 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | C-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,710 tons (standard) 2,520 tons (full) |
Length | 363 ft (111 m) o/a |
Beam | 35.75 ft (10.90 m) |
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Speed | 37 knots (69 km/h) |
Range | 615 tons oil, 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h) |
Complement | 186[1] |
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