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HMS Pytchley (L92)
Destroyer of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Pytchley.
HMS Pytchley was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II. She was scrapped in 1956.
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Name | HMS Pytchley |
Ordered | 11 April 1939 |
Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock |
Laid down | 26 July 1939 |
Launched | 13 February 1940 |
Completed | 23 October 1940 |
Decommissioned | 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number:L92 |
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Fate | Scrapped, 1956 |
Badge | On a Field Red two hunting horns in Saltire and a mascle in fret, all Gold |
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Class and type | Type I 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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Complement | 164 |
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