HMS Deptford (U53)
Aerial view of Deptford in April 1942
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Deptford |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 30 April 1934 |
| Launched: | 5 February 1935 |
| Completed: | 20 August 1935 |
| Decommissioned: | July 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 3 April 1948 |
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| Class and type: | Grimsby-class sloop |
| Displacement: | 990 long tons (1,010 t) standard |
| Length: | 266 ft 3 in (81.15 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) (full load) |
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| Speed: | 16.5 kn (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Range: | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 100 |
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HMS Deptford was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy. Built at Chatham Dockyard in the 1930s, Deptford was launched in 1935 and commissioned later that year. The ship saw early service on the Persian Gulf station, but the outbreak of the Second World War saw Deptford serving as a convoy escort in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, sinking a German U-boat in 1941. She survived the war, and was scrapped in 1948.
On 10 January 1934, the British Admiralty ordered a single Grimsby-class sloop, HMS Deptford, to be built at Chatham Dockyard. She was the seventh ship of her class to be ordered, following two ordered in 1932 and four (two for the Royal Navy, one for the Royal Indian Marine and one for the Royal Australian Navy) in 1933. Another ship would be ordered for the Royal Navy later that year, with two more being ordered in 1935, while the Australians ordered another ship in 1935 and a final 2 in 1938. The Grimsby class, while based on the previous Shoreham class, was intended to be a more capable escort vessel than previous sloops, and carried a more powerful armament.
Deptford was 266 feet 3 inches (81.15 m) long overall, with a beam of 36 feet (10.97 m) and a draught of 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m) at deep load. Displacement was 990 long tons (1,010 t) standard, and 1,355 long tons (1,377 t) full load. The ship was powered by two geared steam turbines driving two shafts, fed by two Admiralty 3-drum boilers. This machinery produced 2,000 shaft horsepower (1,500 kW) and could propel the ship to a speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph). The ship had a range of 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).
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