HMS Jutland I-62 / D-62 (Ex-Malplaquet)

Type:
Destroyer
Class:
Battle (Second Group)
Builder:
Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd.
Linthouse, Glasgow, Scotland
Pennant Number:
I-62
D-62
Ordered:
April 24, 1943
Launched:
February 20, 1946
Keel Laid:
November 27, 1944
Commissioned:


April 30, 1947
Fate:
Sold in 1965 to Hughes Bolckow and scrapped in Blyth, Scotland beginning in May 1965.


Notes
Laid down as Malplaquet, renamed Jutland in Dec. 1945.
The original ship named Jutland was laid down Aug. 14, 1944 at Hawthorn Leslie,
launched Nov. 2, 1945, but cancelled Oct. 23, 1945. The hull was sold Oct. 17, 1957 to
Shipbreaking Industries, Rosyth, Scotland and was towed to that location and scrapped.


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Page published Mar. 8, 2009