HMS Arrow (H42)
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Arrow in May 1943
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| Name: | Arrow |
| Ordered: | 6 March 1928 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 20 August 1928 |
| Launched: | 22 August 1929 |
| Commissioned: | 14 April 1930 |
| Motto: | Celeriter Qerus : 'Swiftly sure' |
| Fate: | Damaged on 4 August 1943 and written off as a constructive total loss |
| Badge: | On a Field Green two arrows Gold, feathered Red. |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | A-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 323 ft (98 m) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 4,080 nmi (7,560 km; 4,700 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 138 |
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HMS Arrow was an A-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War before being damaged while fighting a fire on an ammunition ship and written off in 1943.
Arrow was ordered on 6 March 1928 under the 1927 Naval Estimates. She was laid down on 20 August 1928 at the yards of Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness, as Yard No 642. She was launched a year later on 22 August 1929 and was commissioned on 14 April 1930. She was adopted by the civil community of the Rural District of Blackwell, Derbyshire in February 1942 following a successful Warship Week National Savings Campaign.
On the outbreak of the Second World War, Arrow was deployed at Portland with the 18th Destroyer Flotilla for anti-submarine patrol and convoy defence duties. She carried out these duties into October, and on 24 October put into Devonport Dockyard to undergo repairs to fix turbine defects. These repairs lasted until December, and on her return to service in January Arrow was nominated to join the 16th Destroyer Flotilla at Portsmouth. She joined the flotilla on 10 January having completed her post refit trials, and the following day was, with her sisters Achates and Anthony, detached to escort the battleship Royal Sovereign part of the way on her journey to Halifax to cover the Atlantic convoys.Arrow was detached on 30 January and returned to Devonport to undergo repairs to her machinery.
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