HMS Constance (R71)

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

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Constance
Ordered:	12 September 1942
Builder:	Vickers Armstrong
Laid down:	11 March 1943
Launched:	22 June 1944
Commissioned:	6 June 1945
Identification:	Pennant number: R71, later changed to D71
Motto:	Desirmais : "Thereafter"
Fate:	Arrived for scrapping at Inverkeithing on 8 March 1956
Badge:	On a field Blue, a Dragon Red on three wavelets Gold
General characteristics
Class and type:	C-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,885 tons (1,915 tonnes) 2,545 tons full (2,585 tonnes)
Length:	362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a
Beam:	35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught:	11.75 ft (3.58 m)
Propulsion:	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29.8 MW), 2 shafts
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full
Range:	4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) 1,400 nmi (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement:	186
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI
Armament:	4 × QF 4.5 in (114 mm) L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV 4 × anti-aircraft mountings; Single Bofors 40 mm Mk.III Single QF 2 - pdr Mk.VIII Mk.XVI Single Oerlikon 20 mm P Mk.III Twin Oerlikon 20 mm Mk.V 8 (2x4) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges

HMS Constance was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched on 22 June 1944.^[1]

After the war she was allocated to the 8th Destroyer squadron for service in the Far East. This included deployments as part of United Nations operations, as part of the Korean War. She returned from the Far East and was listed for disposal in 1955. ^[2] She was sold to Thos W Ward for scrapping at Inverkeithing, arriving there on 8 March 1956.

References

↑ Mason, Geoffrey B (2003). Gordon Smith, ed. "HMS Constance (R 71) - Co-class Destroyer". Naval-History. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
↑ Marriott, Leo (1983). Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983. Ian Allen Ltd. p. 65.

Publications

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

C-class destroyers

Ca- class	Pellew / Cavalier Pique / Carysfort Ranger / Caesar Sibyl / Cavendish Spitfire / Cambrian Strenuous / Carron Swallow / Caprice Tourmaline / Cassandra

Ch- class	Champion / Chequers Chaplet Charity Cheviot Chevron Chieftain Childers Chivalrous

Co- class	Cockade Comet Comus Consort Constance Contest Corso / Concord Cossack

Cr- class	Craccher / Crispin Creole Crescent Cretan / Cromwell Crown Croziers Crusader Crystal

Other operators

Royal Canadian Navy	Crescent Crusader

Royal Norwegian Navy	Oslo (ex-Crown) Bergen (ex-Cromwell) Trondheim (ex-Croziers) Stavanger (ex-Crystal)

Pakistan Navy	Alamgir (ex-Creole) Jahangir (ex-Crispin) Shah Jahan (ex-Charity) Taimur (ex-Chivalrous)

Preceded by: Z class
Followed by: Weapon class

List of destroyers of the Royal Navy

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