HMS Troubridge (R00)

HMS Troubridge as built
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Troubridge
Ordered:	13 March 1941
Builder:	John Brown
Laid down:	10 November 1941
Launched:	23 September 1942
Commissioned:	8 March 1943
Identification:	pennant number R00
Converted	Type 15 frigate 1955 - 1957
Decommissioned:	27 March 1969
Identification:	pennant number F09
Fate:	Broken up May 1970
Status:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type:	T-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,710 long tons (1,737 t) - 1,730 long tons (1,758 t) (standard nominal) 1,780 long tons (1,809 t) - 1,810 long tons (1,839 t) (actual) 2,505 long tons (2,545 t) - 2,545 long tons (2,586 t) (deep load)
Length:	339 ft 6 in (103.48 m) pp 362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) oa
Beam:	35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Draught:	14 ft 2 in (4.32 m)
Propulsion:	2 shaft Parsons geared turbines 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Speed:	36.75 knots (42.29 mph; 68.06 km/h)
Complement:	180-225
Armament:	4 × 4.7-inch (120-mm) QF Mk IX guns (4×1) 2 × 40mm Bofors (1x2) 8 × 20 mm anti-aircraft guns 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×4)
General characteristics
Class and type:	Type 15 frigate
Displacement:	2,300 long tons (2,337 t) standard 2,700 long tons (2,743 t) full load
Length:	358 ft (109 m) o/a
Beam:	37 ft 9 in (11.51 m)
Draught:	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Propulsion:	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers Steam turbines on 2 shafts 40,000 shp (30 MW)
Speed:	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) (full load)
Complement:	174
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar: Type 293Q target indication (later Type 993) Type 277Q surface search Type 974 navigation Type 262 fire control on director CRBF Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF Sonar: Type 174 search Type 162 target classification Type 170 attack
Armament:	1 × twin 4 in (100 mm) Mark 19 gun 1 × twin 40mm Bofors Mk.5 2 × Squid or Limbo Mark 10 anti-submarine mortars

HMS Troubridge was an T-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War.

In 1943, Troubridge was sent to the Mediterranean, where she performed screening duties for major naval units. Troubridge was one of the units that performed as a screen for the cruisers Aurora, Newfoundland, Orion, Penelope and Euryalus, in conjunction with Mediterranean Fleet destroyers and motor torpedo boats for the surrender of Pantellaria on 10 May 1943. She provided support to offensives on Italian warships, provided anti-aircraft support, and was involved in the Allied effort to land in Sicily, Calabria, and Salerno. Other notable events involving Troubridge was the sinking of the German submarine U-407. U-407 was sunk in the Mediterranean south of Milos, in position 36º27'N, 24º33'E, destroyed by depth charges dropped from the destroyers Troubridge, Terpsichore, and the Polish ORP Garland.U-407's sinking also marked the disbandment of the 29th U-boat Flotilla. In 1944 Troubridge transferred to the Far East and operated under US control. Amongst other engagements, she took part in an attack on Truk. She returned to Portsmouth in 1946.

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