HMS Cambrian R-85 / D-85

Type:
Destroyer
Class:
CH
Builder:

Scotts Shipbuilding &
Engineering Co. Ltd.
Greenock, Scotland

Pennant Number:
R-85
D-85
Ordered:
March 24, 1942
Launched:
December 10, 1943
Keel Laid:
August 14, 1942
Commissioned:
July 17, 1944
Fate:
Sold Aug. 1971 to T. W. Ward and scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales 1971-72.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
362' 9"
Engines:
2 Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines
Beam:
35' 9"
Boilers:
2 Admiralty 3 drum type (oil fired)
Draft:
14' 9" (max)
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
1,710 std. / 2,530 full
SHP:
40,000
Speed:
36 knots / 32 knots full
Crew:
186
Range:
1,400 NM @ 32 knots / 4,675 NM @ 20 knots


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Mar. 10, 2007