HMS Eglinton (L87)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Eglinton.
HMS Eglinton (L87) was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by Vickers-Armstrongs on the River Tyne, and launched on 28 December 1939. She was adopted by the town of Alton, Hampshire, as part of the Warship Week campaign in 1942.
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Name | HMS Eglinton |
Ordered | 21 March 1939 |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, River Tyne |
Yard number | Admiralty Job No.J4091 |
Laid down | 8 June 1939 |
Launched | 28 December 1939 |
Completed | 28 August 1940 |
Identification | Pennant number: L87 |
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Fate | Scrapped in May 1956 |
Badge | On a Field Red, two hunting horns in saltire and three annulets interlaced Gold |
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Class and type | Type I Hunt-class destroyer |
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Length | 85 m (278 ft 10 in) o/a |
Beam | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 3.27 m (10 ft 9 in) |
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Complement | 146 |
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