HMS Icarus (D03)

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Icarus
Builder:	John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Laid down:	9 March 1936
Launched:	26 November 1936
Commissioned:	1 May 1937
Decommissioned:	29 August 1946
Identification:	Pennant number: D03
Motto:	Bene est tentare ("It is as well to try")
Fate:	Scrapped, 1946
Badge:	On a Field Blue, a sun in splendour Proper above two wings White.
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	I-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,370 long tons (1,390 t) (standard) 1,888 long tons (1,918 t) (deep load)
Length:	323 ft (98.5 m)
Beam:	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught:	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power:	34,000 shp (25,000 kW) 3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed:	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range:	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	145
Sensors and processing systems:	ASDIC
Armament:	4 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns 2 × quadruple 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns 2 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 16 × depth charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers 60 mines
Service record
Commanders:	Colin Maud
Operations:	North Sea 1939 Atlantic 1939-44 Narvik 1940 Norway 1940-41 Dunkirk 1940 Bismarck Action 1941 Arctic 1941-43 Malta Convoys 1942 Normandy 1944 English Channel 1945
Victories:	Sank U-45, U-35 (1939), U-744 (1944), U-1199 (1945)

HMS Icarus was one of nine I-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s.

The I-class ships were improved versions of the preceding H-class. They displaced 1,370 long tons (1,390 t) at standard load and 1,888 long tons (1,918 t) at deep load. The ships had an overall length of 323 feet (98.5 m), a beam of 33 feet (10.1 m) and a draught of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m). They were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of 34,000 shaft horsepower (25,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph). Icarus carried a maximum of 455 long tons (462 t) of fuel oil that gave her a range of 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ships' complement was 145 officers and ratings.

The ships mounted four 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX guns in single mounts. For anti-aircraft (AA) defence, they had two quadruple Mark I mounts for the 0.5 inch Vickers Mark III machine gun. The I class was fitted with two above-water quintuple torpedo tube mounts for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes. One depth charge rack and two throwers were fitted; 16 depth charges were originally carried, but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began.

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