HMS Highlander (H44)
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Aerial view of Highlander
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 Brazil
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| Name: | Jaguaribe |
| Ordered: | 16 December 1937 |
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston |
| Laid down: | 28 September 1938 |
| Fate: | Purchased by the United Kingdom, 5 September 1939 |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Highlander |
| Launched: | 19 October 1939 |
| Acquired: | 5 September 1939 |
| Commissioned: | 18 March 1940 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: H44 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 27 May 1946 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | Brazilian H-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 323 ft (98.5 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 5 in (3.8 m) |
| Installed power: | 34,000 shp (25,000 kW) |
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| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range: | 5,530 nmi (10,240 km; 6,360 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 152 |
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HMS Highlander was an H-class destroyer that had originally been ordered by the Brazilian Navy with the name Jaguaribe in the late 1930s, but was bought by the Royal Navy after the beginning of World War II in September 1939 and later renamed. When completed in March 1940, she was assigned to the 9th Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet. The ship was assigned to convoy escort duties in June with the Western Approaches Command, sinking one German submarine in October. Highlander was transferred to Freetown, Sierra Leone in mid-1941 to escort convoys off West Africa, but returned to the United Kingdom in August. She became flotilla leader of Escort Group B-4 of the Mid-Ocean Escort Force in early 1942 and continued to escort convoys in the North Atlantic for the rest of the war. The ship became a target ship after the war ended and was sold for scrap in mid-1946.
Highlander displaced 1,350 long tons (1,370 t) at standard load and 1,883 long tons (1,913 t) at deep load. The ship had an overall length of 323 feet (98.5 m), a beam of 33 feet (10.1 m) and a draught of 12 feet 5 inches (3.8 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 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). Steam for the turbines was provided by three Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers. Highlander carried a maximum of 470 long tons (480 t) of fuel oil, giving her a range of 5,530 nautical miles (10,240 km; 6,360 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ship's complement was 152 officers and men.
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