HMS Bulldog (H91)

Bulldog moored to a buoy on the east coast, 17 April 1945.
History
United Kingdom
Name:	Bulldog
Namesake:	Bulldog
Ordered:	22 March 1929
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, United Kingdom
Cost:	£221,408
Yard number:	1411
Laid down:	10 August 1929
Launched:	6 December 1930
Completed:	8 April 1931
Decommissioned:	27 May 1945
Identification:	Pennant number: H91
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 22 December 1945
General characteristics (as completed)
Class and type:	B-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,360 long tons (1,380 t) (standard) 1,790 long tons (1,820 t) (deep load)
Length:	323 ft (98.5 m) o/a
Beam:	32 ft 3 in (9.8 m)
Draught:	12 ft 3 in (3.7 m)
Installed power:	34,000 shp (25,000 kW) 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion:	2 × shafts 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
Speed:	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range:	4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	142 (wartime)
Sensors and processing systems:	Type 119 ASDIC
Armament:	4 × single 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns 2 × single QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk II AA guns 2 × quadruple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers

HMS Bulldog (H91) was a B-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy (RN) from 1929 to 1931. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, she was transferred to the Home Fleet in 1936. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, the ship spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. Bulldog saw service throughout World War II on convoy escort duty during the Battle of the Atlantic and in the Arctic. Her most notable actions were the capture of a complete Enigma machine and codebooks from the German submarine U-110 in 1941, and sinking another German submarine in 1944. The surrender of the German garrisons of the Channel Islands was signed on 9 May 1945 aboard Bulldog. Redundant after the war, she was broken up for scrap in 1946.

Bulldog displaced 1,360 long tons (1,380 t) at standard load and 1,790 long tons (1,820 t) at deep load. The ship had an overall length of 323 feet (98.5 m), a beam of 32 feet 3 inches (9.8 m) and a draught of 12 feet 3 inches (3.7 m). She was powered by Parsons geared steam turbines, driving two shafts, which developed a total of 34,000 shaft horsepower (25,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). Steam for the turbines was provided by three Admiralty 3-drum boilers. Bulldog carried a maximum of 390 long tons (400 t) of fuel oil that gave her a range of 4,800 nautical miles (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ship's complement was 134 officers and enlisted men, which increased to 142 during wartime.