HMS Contest on the Solent, 8 November 1945 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Contest |
Builder | White, Cowes |
Laid down | 1 November 1943 |
Launched | 16 December 1944 |
Commissioned | 9 November 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: R12 (later D48) |
Fate | Arrived for breaking up at Thos. W. Ward Grays, Essex on 2 February 1960 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | C-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a |
Beam | 35.75 ft (10.90 m) |
Draught | 11.75 ft (3.58 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full |
Range |
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Complement | 186 |
Sensors and processing systems | Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI |
Armament |
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HMS Contest was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by J. Samuel White, Cowes. Laid down on 1 November 1943 and commissioned on 9 November 1945, she was the Royal Navy's first all-welded warship. [1] [2] [3] [4] She was scrapped in 1960.
On commissioning Contest served as part of the 8th Destroyer Squadron in the Far East.
In 1947, Contest was ordered to the Solomon Islands as a deterrence against feared violence when the leaders of the Maasina Ruru independence movement were arrested. [5] While on passage back to the UK from the Far East in December 1947, Contest and sister ship Cockade were diverted to Aden in response to anti-Jewish rioting, with men from the two destroyers and the survey ship Challenger being landed to try to restore order. [5] She returned to the UK for a refit in 1948. [6] She was given an interim modernization and was fitted for minelaying. [7] In 1951 she was the Torpedo training ship at Portsmouth. She then served as part of the 6th Destroyer Squadron in the Home Fleet. [8] In 1953 she took part in the Coronation Review of the Fleet to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. [9]
Contest was paid off in the late 1950s. Following her sale she arrived at the breakers yard for scrapping at Thos. W. Ward Grays, Essex on 2 February 1960.
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