Marne in May 1942 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Marne |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne |
Laid down | 23 October 1939 |
Launched | 30 October 1940 |
Commissioned | 2 December 1941 |
Fate | Sold to the Turkish Navy on 26 March 1959, renamed Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak |
Turkey | |
Name | Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak |
Namesake | Fevzi Çakmak |
Acquired | 26 March 1959 |
Fate | Discarded, 1970 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | M-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 362 ft 3 in (110.4 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 37 ft (11.3 m) |
Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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HMS Marne was an M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy commissioned on 2 December 1941. She was built by Vickers-Armstrongs at High Walker Yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, and saw service in the Atlantic theatre of World War II.
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