HMS Delight (D119)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Delight.

HMS Delight was a Daring-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1950 as the Royal Navy's first all-welded warship, and broken up at Inverkeithing in 1971.^[1]

HMS Delight
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Delight
Ordered	5 June 1943
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down	5 September 1946
Launched	21 December 1950
Motto	Duris delectat virtus ("Valour delighteth in difficulties")
Fate	Scrapped 1971
Badge	On a Field Green, Pan's Pipe Gold and Silver
General characteristics
Class and type	Daring-class destroyer
Displacement	Standard: 2,830 tons, Full load: 3,820 tons
Length	390 ft (120 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draught	13.6 ft (4.1 m)
Propulsion	2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts, 54,000 shp (40 MW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	Approximately 300
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Type 293Q target indication Radar Type 291 air warning Radar Type 274 navigation Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI Radar Type 262 fire control on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II
Armament	6 QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI 4 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II 2 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 1 twin mount Mk.V 2 pentad tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 1 Squid anti submarine mortar

Service history

In 1956 she formed part of the Royal Navy's force used during the Suez Operation. In 1959 Delight was involved in a collision in the Mediterranean with the cruiser Birmingham. Two ratings died during damage control activities.^[2]